A call to accelerate the implementation of the Arab free trade zone agreement

The economic unity council of the Arab League said in a report it issued on Monday ( October 1st) that Doha's meeting ( the fourth ministerial meeting of the world Trade Organization to be held on November 9-13 ) necessitates rapid implementation of the Greater Arab free zone area and making the set reduction in the provisional customs tariff especially in regard to agricultural items and expanding the scale of the said agreement so as to include services and intellectual property rights.

The council also proposed drawing a mechanism to revitalize the common Arab market in a way to compensate for the damages hit certain Arab states and sectors by magnifying the role played by the Arab monetary fund and increasing the volume of inter- Arab trade.