Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, headed the Jordanian delegation participating in the preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers for the Council of the Arab League at the summit level at its 31st session, which was held in Algiers.
The preparatory meetings of the Arab foreign ministers were held on Saturday and Sunday, during which the agenda and draft decisions prepared by the permanent delegates were discussed, to be approved by the foreign ministers in preparation for submitting draft decisions to the Arab leaders at the level of the summit scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Safadi participated in the opening session of the meeting, in which: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra, and Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit delivered opening speeches, during which the presidency was handed over to the Algeria by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, former President of the Summit.
Concluding their meetings, the Arab foreign ministers approved the agenda and draft resolutions that will be submitted to Arab leaders, to be presented to their summit scheduled to start on Tuesday evening.
On the sidelines of the meetings, Safadi held meetings with a number of his Arab counterparts, during which he reaffirmed Jordan’s keenness to enhance cooperation and coordination, advance bilateral relations, serve the process of Arab unity and solidarity, and enhance efforts to activate joint Arab action.
Safadi stressed the need to unite Arab efforts as a way to serve common Arab causes, overcome challenges, and enhance security, stability and prosperity in the Arab region and its peoples.
The foreign minister expressed aspiration that the Arab summit in Algeria would be a constructive diplomatic platform to enhance Arab consensus and continue working to serve Arab causes and interests.
He commended Algeria’s efforts to prepare for hosting the summit and facilities it provided for Arab delegations.
Source: Jordan News Agency