Somali MP attends parliamentary consultation forum in China with delegates from 52 countries

TIANJIN, China (SONNA): Abdisamad Mohamud Hassan, a member of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, represented Somalia at a parliamentary consultation forum in the Chinese city of Tianjin that brought together lawmakers and delegates from 52 countries.

The forum was organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and focused on cooperation in lawmaking and on developing working relations between parliaments.

Hassan spoke about the stages Somalia has gone through as a country and about how the parliament works with other government institutions.

Participants exchanged experience in lawmaking and discussed strengthening ties between parliaments and international cooperation between Somalia and other countries.

The lawmakers also visited several sites in Tianjin, including the company Tellyes Scientific Inc., a research center for Chinese cultural arts at Tiangong University, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street and Jinyi Garden.

The House of the People is the lower house of Somalia's two-chamber Federal Parliament. The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries is a Chinese organization that manages people-to-people and parliamentary exchanges with other countries.

The release did not say how long the forum ran or whether other Somali lawmakers attended.