Arab Transport Ministers to Discuss Transport Cooperation

By Eddyson Lugangwa Posted 23 October 2006 @ 03:43 pm EET     Print     Reprint     E-Mail     Comments

Cairo (IBTimes.com) - The arab ministers of transport will meet to discuss an array of issues meant to boost cooperation in the transport field on November 1.

Some 28 topics aimed at bolstering transport cooperation among Arab countries are expected to figure high on the meetings' agendawith the top issue being resolutions adopted during Khartoum Arab Summit held in Sudan in March, Egyptian Transport Minister MohamedLotfi Mansour was quoted as saying.

An agreement for the regulation of road passenger transport among Arab states, along with a host of issues, including a mechanism to liberate air transport among Arab states will be touched in the 19th session of the Arab Transport Ministers Council.

Meanwhile, ways to face up to the outcome of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon in July will also be probed by the participating ministers, especially damages caused to the Lebanesetransport sector, said Mansour.

The Egyptian minister noted that the possibility to fight piracy acts occurring off the coast of Somalia would also be discussed in the meeting.