Minister: Syria works effectively to make Arab summit a success

Syria's Information Minister, Muhsen Bilal, said Monday that Syria is working effectively to make the Arab Summit, due in Khartoum tomorrow, a success. "The decisions which will be issued by the summit will come in the interest of the Arab nation, particularly regarding the first Arab issue, Palestine, as well as helping the Iraqi people reach an Arab unified and independent Iraq," Minister Bilal told the Sudanese official News Agency SUNA in an interview.

He added that the Arab-African relations are witnessing progress, calling for the necessity of activating the culture and media cooperation among Arab states form one side and between them and the world from another side.