Pakistan and Yemen have signed a protocol to activate coordination and cooperation between the Shoura (consultative) Council of the republic of Yemen and the Upper House (Senate) of Pakistan's Parliament, according to an official statement. The protocol is also aimed at strengthening the existing brotherly relations between the two countries in various fields. Senate Chairman Muhammedmian Soomro and Yemen's Shoora Council Speaker Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, currently on a visit to Pakistan, signed the protocol.