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Arab Group
21 members
Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon, Libya
Mauritania, Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon, Libya
Mauritania, Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
CONTACT
President: H.E. Mr. Atef Tarawneh
Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives
President of the Arab Geopolitical Group
Coordinator: Mr. Fayez Al Shawabkah
Secretary General, Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
Marfaa’ Area, Maarad Street
Unit 1- 201
Beirut
Lebanon
Tel.: +9611 985960/1,2
Fax: +9611 985963
E-mail: info@arabipu.org, arab.ipu@gmail.com
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