Arab economy ministers meet in Cairo

Meetings of the 68th session of the social and economic council at the level of the Arab ministers of finance and the economy started on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab league with the attendance of Syria and 12 Arab ministers in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Tunisia, Sudan, Iraq, Oman and Palestine and delegations representing other Arab countries.

In the speeches they read at the inaugural speech, the Arab ministers stressed the need of completing measures concerning the Greater Free Arab Zone and eliminating all obstacles impeding their progress.

The ministers stressed the need of drawing detailed rules for the origin of Arab commodities and giving backing to the Palestinian economy to withstand the continued bottlenecks it faces as a result of the siege imposed by Israel on it.