Oman to participate in Arab Economic and Social Council ministerial meet

The Sultanate will participate in the ministerial meeting of the Arab Economic and Social Council in Egypt on Thursday, 5 September, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States. 

The Omani delegation will be headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning, His Excellency Talal Bin Sulaiman Al-Rahbi.

The meeting will review the report of the Secretary-General on the joint Arab Economic and Social Activity and a report on the follow-up to the implementation of the resolutions of the 4th Arab Economic and Social Development Summit held in Beirut.

The meeting will also touch upon topics such as the developments of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA), investment in the Arab countries, the unified Arab Economic Report for 2019, the Arab Food Security Report for 2019, and the topics of the Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (AOAD), in addition to a number of topics related to the economic and social sectors.