Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi said that the country’s parliamentary elections are likely to be held in October.

Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi said that the country's parliamentary elections are likely to be held in October, official MENA news agency reported Wednesday.

On the sidelines of the Arab League summit, Mursi met with oversea Egyptians in Qatar's capital of Doha late Tuesday night, during which he revealed that the first session of the People's Assembly (lower house of the parliament) would be held before the end of this year.

He expected that the Shura Council (upper house of the parliament) would complete the draft of parliamentary election law within two weeks and send it to the Supreme Constitutional Court for approval.

On Tuesday, the Shura Council approved in principle a new draft election law to regulate the upcoming parliamentary elections.

On Sunday, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court decided to delay reviewing the appeal against the suspension of parliamentary elections to April 7.

On March 6, the Supreme Administrative Court decided to suspend a presidential decree of holding parliamentary elections on April 22, referring 14 claims against the constitutionality of the newly- drafted election law to Supreme Constitutional Court.