Executive bureau of Arab justice ministers to meet saturday

The executive bureau of the Arab justice ministers is due to hold a meeting at Arab league headoffice on Saturday to look into implementation of the Arab treaty for combating terrorism.

The bureau, which groups, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iraq, will prepare for meetings of the Arab justice ministers, due on November 6.

Kuwaiti news agency quotes Egyptian justice minister Farouk Saif Al-Nasr, who will chair the meeting, as saying that the agenda will include discussions on the Egyptian experience regarding judicial supervision of elections.

Participants in the meeting are also due to devise a mechanism to implement the Arab treaty for combating terrorism, discuss standardization of Arab stands at international gatherings and the basic law of the Arab justice court.

Radwan Bin Khadra, the Arab League secretary general advisor for legal affairs, told KUNA that the ministers would discuss adoption of the international criminal court and review a draft agreement on combating cross-border crime.