Arab League permanent representatives preparatory meeting opened

Iraq\'s permanent representative to the Arab League Dr. Qais al-Azzawi delivered a speech at the beginning of the meeting, in which he expressed thanks and gratitude to the State of Qatar for the efforts it has exerted to host the 24th regular session of the Arab Summit, and stressed full confidence that its presidency will contribute to promote the joint Arab action. He noted that Iraq, during its presidency of the Arab League 23rd session, was keen to set up a plan to activate the resolutions of the Arab Summit through holding meetings and Arab and international conferences, some of them were stipulated in the decisions of the summit, and others came at an Iraqi initiative aiming at activating the resolutions and the role of the presidency in enhancing the joint Arab work. He expressed hope that the Doha Summit would come out with resolutions that fulfill the aspiration of the Arab people and promote the Arab joint action. Then, Dr. al-Azzawi handed over the presidency of the meeting to Qatar, represented by HE Qatar\'s Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League Said bin Muqaddam al-Buainain.