Arab Ministers of information held here this evening their 43rd session, under the chairmanship of Mauritania's Minister of Communications Hamdi Wild Mahjoub. Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, Minister of Social Affairs and acting Minister of Culture and Information, led Saudi Arabia's delegation to the meeting. The meeting was attended by the Arab League's Secretary General Amr Mousa who emphasized the importance of developing Arab joint media works and establishing new mechanisms implying this development. During the meeting, Mousa gave an account on his proposal calling for setting up a commission for Arab media despite being rejected by the Arab Media Standing Committee. The Arab Information Ministers are scheduled to hold an extraordinary session in Cairo in October to discuss this project.
