Arab economic summit committee meets in Cairo

The ministerial committee of the Arab economic summit held its third meeting here on Thursday to discuss issues tabled on the agenda of the third economic summit, due in Riyadh on January 21-22. Arab finance and economy ministers from Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon, Libya, Algeria and Morocco will also discuss implementation of resolutions of the two other economic summits that were held in 2009 and 2011, an Arab League source said. He said the committee prepared a report on hurdles that obstructed the implementation of these resolutions and will present it at the extraodinary session of the Arab Economic and Social Council, to meet later in the day. The council is the side authorized to set the scene for Riyadh summit .