The Secretariat General of the Federation of the Arab News Agencies (FANA) began here on Wednesday its periodical meeting. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) is represented at the meeting by its Director General Dr Ayed Al-Raddadi. Representatives of SPA, the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA), the Syrian News Agency, the Mauritanian News Agency, the Jordanian News Agency and the United Arab Emirates' News Agency are participating in the meeting. The participants of the meeting are scheduled to review issues pertaining to the activities of the Arab news agencies and the role they can play in this critical period. They will also review issues pertaining to organization of workshops for the personnel of the Arab news agencies in cooperation with specialized institutions in the US, Britain and some other European countries.