Arab national conference begins
The participants in the eighth Arab national conference represent an assembly of Arab political and intellectual personalities. The conference will begin today and will be held for the first time in Cairo.
The conference, lasting for four days, will address a report on the state of the Arab nation within a year. It will also tackle five pivotal issues: Arab national security, democracy, human rights, inter-Arab relations and social and economic development in the region.
Those attending the meeting will include former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Al-Solh, the former head of Jordan's Deputies Council Taher al-Masri, former Jordanian Prime Minister Ahmed Obidat and former Yemeni Prime Minister Mohsen al-Eini. Egyptian political party leaders and Egyptian author Mohammed Hussein Hiekal are also expected to participate in the conference.
