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UAE chairs 114th Arab Economic and Social

Council Session in Cairo

• Wednesday, September 4, 2024 2:59 PM
• 1 minute Reading

CAIRO, 4th September, 2024 (WAM) -- Juma Mohammed Al Kait, Assistant Under-Secretary for
Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, chaired the 114th session of the Arab Economic
and Social Council (AESC) in Cairo, Egypt, held on Wednesday, at the senior officials' level at the
headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League.

The session was convened in preparation for the ministerial session of the council, scheduled for
tomorrow, Thursday.

In his opening speech, Al Kait reviewed a range of topics discussed during the preparatory meetings
of the Economic and Social Committees, aimed at fostering growth and fully leveraging the
capabilities and resources available to the member states.

Al Kait said that the meeting tackled several important issues, including the follow-up on the
implementation of the decisions of the 113th session of AESC and the follow-up on the activities of
the General Secretariat concerning economic and social aspects between the 113th and 114th
sessions of the council.

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