His Excellency Abdulrahman Bin Suleiman Al AHMED, Ambassador of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and head of the Kingdom's Mission to the European Union participated as part of the kingdom's delegation  in the seminar organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, hosted by the Italian Parliament at its headquarters in Rome during the period 23-25 ​​November 2017. The participants in the seminar were the delegation of the members of the Shura Council headed by His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Amin Al-Jafri, Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council , parliamentary delegations from NATO member countries, partner countries and countries from the Middle East  and North Africa.

The seminar focused on combating terrorism and extremism and the effects of these plagues on the countries of the region and Europe, and reviewed the states experiences and the best ways taken in this framework

 
 

It includes also a number of topics related to the Middle East and North Africa region, security challenges in the region and prospects for joint cooperation. The speakers' list includes the President of the Italian Parliament, the President of the Italian Senate, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Italian Ministers of Defense and Interior, a number of military figures, academics and politicians.

 

The Kingdom was invited to the seminar by the  NATO Parliamentary Assembly in order to participate and cooperate in serving the common interests and to strengthen ways of cooperation to achieve international peace and security.