Al-Dustour: Jweili outlines effect of war on Iraq against Arab economies

Secretary General of the Arab Economic Unity Council, Ahmad Jweili has stressed that the US-British war on Iraq affected negatively on the whole Arab economy particularly on Arab and foreign investments in the region, Arab workers movement and agreements relevant to the free trade among the Arab states.

In an interview on Monday with Jordanian newspaper, Al-Dustour, Jweili touched upon putting a strategic plan for the Arab economic development which can't be affected by emergency circumstances.

He clarified that the council put a plan for returning the Arab capitals from abroad amounting to a trillion dollars and employing them in investment projects in the Arab region.

He called on the Arab states to work on preventing the US works of stealing the Iraqi assets stressing the necessity of the Arab companies participation in rebuilding Iraq.