People's Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katatny on Sunday traveled to Kuwait for the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union's 18th meeting. Katatny is leading a parliamentary delegation that will attend meetings scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, according to state-run newspaper Al-Ahram. Before leaving, the speaker said the meeting participants will discuss issues relating to Arab parliamentary affairs. He said the breakout of Arab revolutions will likely empower parliaments in the region. Katatny said he will work to reshape relations between the Egyptian and other Arab parliaments based on the new realities created by the Arab revolutions. Katatny, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood — whose party has the largest number of seats in Parliament — was elected speaker after the 25 January revolution, which ousted ex-President Hosni Mubarak.
