Lebanon, Algeria discuss establishment of Arab Parliament

Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabeeh Berri and his visiting Algerian counterpart Ammar Saadani signed Sunday an MOU on bilateral cooperation.

According to <i>KUNA</I>, the MOU included a proposal on joint initiative aiming at bolstering cooperation between the Lebanese and Algerian parliaments within framework of the Arab, Islamic, regional and international parliamentary cooperation.

Saadani, who had arrived in Beirut Saturday night heading a parliamentary delegation, said, he discussed with Berri the idea to establish an Arab Parliament.