Arab foreign ministers meet tomorrow in Amman to draw the summit's agenda

The Arab League has announced that the Arab foreign ministers will hold a meeting tomorrow ( Saturday) to draw the draft agenda of the Arab summit in its final edition so as to be submitted to the Arab leaders for approval in their ordinary summit to be convened in Amman on March 27 and 28.

The official spokesman for the Arab league AL Talaat hamid said in statements he made in Cairo on Thursday that the secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Ismat Abdul Miguid is currently making intensive consultations with the Arab foreign ministers on the draft agenda of the summit, noting that he will head today to Amman to take part in the meetings of the Arab foreign ministers.

Hamid added that the agenda includes four main pillars. The political pillar includes 13 items and on top of which is supporting the Palestinian Intifada, reviving Arab boycott of Israel, the Arab- Israeli conflict, evaluating previous negotiations on all tracks, the occupied Golan heights and support of Lebanon.

He added that the second pillar includes four items which are joint economic Arab work, convening an Arab economic conference in Cairo in November this year, inter- Arab cooperation in the area of information technology and telecommunications as well as results of the extra-ordinary meeting of the Arab ministers of economy which is being held today in Amman.

The spokesman for the AL explained that the third pillar which is the joint Arab work includes only two items which are appointing a secretary general for the Arab League as from 16 May 2001 and developing the AL and revitalizing its role and the last pillar is to issue the Arab declaration on the Arab Child rights.