Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ahmed Nazim, on Thursday met with the Governor of China’s Shandong Province, Zhou Naixiang.

The leaders met during Nazim’s ongoing visit to China to attend the Global Ocean Development Forum on Marine Environmental Protection.

During the meeting, the two discussed the importance of working together at a global level to protect the marine environment.

The forum is an annually organised event by the Shandong Provincial People’s Government and the Ministry of Natural Resources of China.

Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources Ahmed Shiyam, as well as other state officials, including Members of Parliament, accompanied Nazim on his visit. The forum takes place on 24 and 25 October.