Cairo: The sixty-second meeting of the executive office of the council of Arab ministers of justice was held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League.
The meeting was chaired by Dr Fahad Mohamad Al Afasi, Kuwait’s Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and deputy head of the executive office. Qatar was represented by Ambassador Hassan Al Mutawa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Qatar to the Arab League. The meeting discussed a number of topics including fight against terrorism, the unification of Arab legislation, the establishment of a network of Arab judicial cooperation in combating terrorism and organized crime, and the draft of an Arab agreement to regulate the situation of refugees in Arab countries.
It also discussed means of enhancing cooperation between the secretariats of the Arab ministries of justice and interior, the special account of the council of Arab ministers of justice and the efforts of the Arab center for legal and judicial research.
