Arab League prepares for the summit, a preliminary meeting on March 24th

The Syrian Foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Monday received a telephone call from the secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa during which talks dealt with the tour to be held by the AL chief on many Arab states to prepare for the next Arab summit due to be held in Beirut in the last week of March, 2002.

Moussa had announced in Cairo he will be visiting Syria within the few coming days to make consultations concerning special preparations to convening the Arab summit In statements he made on Monday in Cairo, Moussa added he will also visit Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Jordan and these visits will be in the context of preparations and coordination concerning the coming Arab summit.

Moussa had also announced that the AL is currently making intensive contacts with various Arab states in order to prepare for the convening of the summit.

In a statement he made on Monday Moussa noted that there is a decision adopted by the recent Amman's Arab summit to convene the next Arab summit in Beirut.