Muscat, May 13 (ONA) — Majlis A’Shura Office today held its
16th meeting of the third annual sitting (2017/2018) of the 8th term
under the chair of Khalid bin Hilal al-Ma’awali, Chairman of Majlis
A’Shura.
The Majlis Office discussed a range of issues listed on the
agenda including the reply of the Chairman of Oman Environmental
Service Holding Company (Be’ah) on the question about recycling of
the construction and destruction activities in the Sultanate.
It also reviewed the reply of Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed al-
Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications on the question
about the outputs of the work team on the integration of logistic
services for Salalah Airport and Salalah Port. The reply highlighted the
mechanisms of forming the team, the main features of the study, which
will be submitted to the Free Zone Committee. It also included the
measures taken to facilitate trade with the sisterly Yemeni Republic.
Further, the Majlis Office reviewed the letter of the Chairman of
Information Technology Authority (ITA) about the circular issued on the
security instructions for using the social networks. The letter included
the security instructions manual about the use of social networks to
protect the security of networks against breach. The Office decided to
refer the issue to the Media Department at Majlis A’Shura to take the
content of the manual into consideration.
The Office also viewed a number of parliamentary means and
tools by Majlis A’Shura members.
As for the foreign affairs, the Office reviewed a number of
circulars and letters from the international organisations including the
report of the delegation that has taken part in the 138th session of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), as well as the associated meetings
during the period from 24 to 28 March 2018, the report of the
delegation that has taken part at the second meeting of the GCC
Parliamentary Committee on enhancing the relationship with the
European Union (EU) Parliament and the report on the visit to the Arab
Planning Institute (API) in the State of Kuwait during the period from 29
to 30 April 2018.
Source: Oman News Agency