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Media In – Riyadh 12 April 2018 WAM
The Ministerial Meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the League of Arab States (LAS), which is being held within the ministerial and preparatory meetings of the 29th Arab Summit hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, began today in Riyadh.
The UAE is participating in the ministerial meeting with a high-level delegation led by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy.
Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, said that the ministerial and preparatory meetings of the Arab summit discussed a number of key issues to promote Arab cooperation and integration efforts. He pointed out that in light of the political, economic and social challenges and crises facing the Arab region, We need to be more united and united than ever before, to enhance the level of Arab dialogue and to accelerate efforts to achieve economic integration to overcome the various current challenges and to achieve the interests of our countries and our development goals.
The draft economic and social agenda of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level included 15 items, including the report of the Secretary-General on joint economic, social and development work and a report on follow-up to the implementation of the resolutions of the 28th session of the Council of the League On the economic and social issues, in addition to the Greater Arab Free Trade Area and developments of the Arab Customs Union, the Arab Document for the Protection and Development of the Environment, and the Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Arab region in 2030
