The Standing Committee of the Afro-Arab Cooperation convened its 14th meeting at Arab League headquarters in Cairo with the participation of UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Foreign Ministers of 24 Arab and African countries, the Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa and the Commissioner African Union Political Affairs Julia Joiner.The Arab side was represented by UAE, Jordan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania, while the African side was represented by Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia and Burkina Faso.
The Committee discussed the preparations for the second Afro-Arab summit to be held in Libya later this year and Arab and African issues of common interest in the political sphere, in particular the situation in Darfur, Sudan, Somalia, Palestine and the Middle East, the Comoros and Mauritania.
The meeting also discussed the establishment of joint committees of the African and Arab ambassadors in the capitals of selected Arab countries for coordination.
In the area of Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee discussed ways to create the Afro-Arab Development Forum and the adoption of a joint work plan on agricultural development and food security in Africa and the Arab world.
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