Arab League legal committee convenes meetings in Cairo

Meetings of the permanent legal committee at the Arab League started on Sunday in Cairo with the participation of Arab experts and diplomatic delegations.

During its two- day deliberations, the committee will discuss several Arab legal issues, foremost being the draft cooperation agreement between the Arab League and the coalition of the African deserts and coast states with the aim of strengthening Arab- African ties in various economic, social and cultural relations.

The draft agreement includes studying the possibility of cooperation to found companies and federations to be agreed upon by the two organizations as well acceptance each of the two organizations in the other's meeting as an observer.

Worthy mentioning that the coalition of the coast and desert states includes each of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Niger, Zambia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Chad, central Africa and Ethiopia. The coalition takes the Libyan capital, Tripoli as a headquarters.

During its meetings, the legal committee also discussed the draft agreement provided for the establishment of the Arab women organization and a draft project of the Arab organization for telecommunications and information and the draft project to amend the constituent list of the Arab sport tournament.