RIYADH: Speaker of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council Sheikh Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh will head the Kingdom’s delegation to the ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers Summit, which will be hosted by the Indian Parliament and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on Oct. 13-14 in New Delhi.
This year’s summit will be held under the theme “Parliaments for One Earth, One Family, One Future,” the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
The Saudi delegation has received the invitation to attend the summit from Speaker of the Indian Parliament Om Birla, Vice President of India, and ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The summit will focus on transforming people’s lives through public digital platforms, women-led development, accelerating sustainable development goals, and sustainable energy transition.
Among the Saudi delegation will be Assistant Speaker of the Shoura Council Hanan Al-Ahmadi, and council members Abdulaziz Al-Muhanna, Khalid Al-Muhaisen, Reema Al-Yahya, Osama Al-Khayari, and Haifa Al-Shammari.