Damascus, March 2, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Mohammad Abu Hudeib, president of the Political and National Security Committee of the Interim Arab Parliament, said that a delegation of Arab parliamentarians is to visit the Gaza Strip in April.

"The parliament decided in its meeting last weekend in Damascus to form a delegation of top Arab parliamentarians to visit the besieged Gaza Strip after the Arab summit is held in Tripoli, Libya, this month," Abu Hudeib said in a statement.

The purpose of this visit, he said, is to see the reality of the Palestinian people in Gaza, enhance their steadfastness and be in solidarity with them, and participate in breaking the siege. He noted that the Arab Parliament has obtained all necessary approvals for the visit.

A delegation from the Arab Parliamentary Union comprising 22 deputies visited Gaza on Tuesday, Feb 16, and witnessed the miserable conditions under which the 1.5 million Palestinians live, resulting from Israel's recent massacre and the ongoing siege.

The delegation also met with Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas prime minister in Gaza, and Ahmad Bahr, the First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, in a bid to establish national reconciliation and end internal divisions.