Cairo, May 2 (Rn) – was launched of the session 87 of the Economic Commission joint Arab, said Monday in the Egyptian capital Cairo, to discuss the food security program and the draft statute of the Arab Union for natural reserves and the draft belts vegetables in the territories of the Arab world with the participation of Iraqi experts from the ministries of environment and trade .
The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs of the Arab League, Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Tuwaijri, the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “this committee is to prepare for the meeting of the new session at the level of Ministers of Economy and Finance which will be held on Thursday and will discuss a number of issues relating to activating economic cooperation of Arab and activation Summit resolutions and the socio-economic development for the region of Greater Arab Free Trade and the establishment of the Arab Customs Union and other joint projects. “
And Tuwaijri that “the most important items at hand is the report of the Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Musa on follow-up to implement the decisions of the session to an 86 Economic and Social Council, and follow-up implementation of the decisions and the results of two summits of the Arab Economic and Social Development, which held in Kuwait and Egypt.”
“The Secretary General’s report also includes the activity of the economic sector in the period between sessions of the Council 86 and 87 in a number of areas including trade, investment and money especially with regard to the Free Trade Area of the Greater Arab and liberalization of trade in services between Arab countries where the economic management follow-up implement what was agreed on bilateral negotiations to liberalize trade in services between Arab countries in (part of a tour of Beirut), which was held last year. “
He continued by saying that “the Secretariat has prepared a working paper on the complementary aspects of the Convention on the Uniform Investment of Arab Capitals in Arab countries, paper presented before the first working group meeting on investment in the Middle East and North Africa, which was held in Paris 2010.”
