The joint committee formed by the Legal and Legislative Affairs, and Financial and Economic Affairs Committees of the Shura Council held a meeting on Tuesday headed by HE Chairman of the Committee Abdul Rahman bin Yousuf Al Khulaifi.

During the meeting, the committee discussed the draft law on military retirement in the presence of Head of the Military Retirement Committee Brig. Gen. Fayez Faleh Al Shammari and member of the committee Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Khalil Al Mohannadi.

Brig. Gen. Al Shammari provided an explanation and clarification on a number of topics related to the conditions of some categories of military retirees and answered the committee's inquiries and observations about the articles of the aforementioned draft law, so that the committee could take the appropriate decision regarding them.

The joint committee will continue to discuss the draft laws on social security and military retirement, with a view to completing them as soon as possible and submitting its final report to the Council.