A minister Arab market by the beginning of the 2000

The Council for Arab Economic Unity agreed at the conclusion of its meetings in Cairo yesterday to ratify rules for the Arab joint market, in which seven Arab states participate: Egypt, Syria, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq and Mauritania.

Hassan Ibrahim, the council's secretary, said the meetings were held on the ministerial level and ratified this program to be started by reducing customs beginning in the year 2000.