Arab ministers examine cooperation projects

The week-long Arab Conference for Cooperation and Economic Integration began today at Arab League headquarters, with the participation of the Arab ministers of finance and economy.

The assistant secretary-general for economic affairs at the AL, Abdul Rahman El-Sibani, said the conference will discuss several issues, the most prominent of which were international variables and their impact on Arab states, the role of cooperation in enhancing Arab economic integration, setting suggestions, patterns and layout, for cooperative projects in order to reach unity in the movement toward cooperation in the Arab region.

He also said the conference aims at activating relations with various Arab unions and spreading cooperation concepts, developing education, instituting a cooperative Arab economic regulation related to Qatari economic organizations, and examining the possibility of establishing an Arab financial organization through available cooperative savings, various donations and different offers.

He then added that the ministers will discuss the possibility of establishing the Arab market and discussing all that has been achieved since the establishment of a free trade zone between Arab countries began.