Speaker of Egypt's parliament Ali Abdel Aal headed a parliamentary delegation to participate in the meeting of International Parliamentary Union (IPU) scheduled to be held in Zambia from March 18 to 22, Youm7 reported on Thursday. The Egyptian participation is the first of its kind in this meeting since the decision to suspend Egypt's membership in the union after January 25 Revolution. The Egyptian delegation will hold a number of meetings with the parliamentary delegations of the other countries on the sideline of the meeting to support the parliamentary relations between Egypt and these countries.