The Parliament's Speaker Yahya al-Rae'i discussed on Friday with his Syrian counterpart bilateral cooperation relations, including the parliamentary cooperation field.

This came in a meeting at al-Rae'i's residence in the Syrian capital Damascus on the sideline of the Extraordinary Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Islamic Conference Organization.

 The two sides stressed the importance of boosting and promoting these relations to achieve the aspirations of the two brotherly peoples and serve their common interests.

 They invited each other officially to visit both countries to discuss aspects of cooperation and to get acquainted with the parliamentary experiences. On the same connection, al-Rae'i met also his Bahraini counterpart Khalifa al-Zahrani and reviewed with him a number of issues of common concern, including the developments at the regional and international levels. Talks in the meeting dealt with the importance of strengthening the bilateral cooperation areas between the two countries and activating all agreements signed between them to achieve interests of both Yemeni and Bahraini peoples.Al-Rae'i and al-Zahrani affirmed the need to coordinate positions towards issues of common concern.