The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit begins at its fourth session in Beirut

Media In / Beirut January 17, 2019
The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit kicked off in its fourth session in the Lebanese capital today at a meeting of the committee to follow up and prepare for the summit at the senior officials level to discuss the draft agenda items of the summit.
The delegation was led by Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance for International Financial Affairs Hussain bin Shawish Al-Shawish. The Committee discussed the preparatory documents for the Summit, which include the 27-item agenda and the report of the Secretariat on follow-up to the previous Summit resolutions.
The Director-General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade of the Republic of Lebanon, Mr. Abbas, gave a brief presentation of the contents of the discussions that took place in the session, pointing out that “a number of items have been reserved, such as exempting Sudan from its debts and addressing the issue of displaced persons and its repercussions, Common as Customs Union.
“We have proposed a united Arab vision in the digital economy,” she said. “The convening of this summit in Lebanon has implications and positive implications for the Lebanese economy in times of crisis,” she said, hoping that the decisions of the summit will be implemented.
The Arab Economic Summit (Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Lebanon), the Economic and Social Council (the Republic of Sudan, the Republic of Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman), the Troika, the Republic of Tunisia, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Secretary-General.