CAIRO (Halbeeg News) – Somalia’s information minister, Daud Aweys has participated in the 26th session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Communications and Information, which was held in Cairo.
The delegation led by the minister reached Cairo this week.
The ministers from the Arab League members have discussed the results of the reports and recommendations issued by the meetings of Arab technical committees in the communication, information technology and postal fields.
The ministers also reviewed the activity of bodies with observer status in the work of the council, namely the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Arab Regional Office, the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organisation, the Arab Regulators Network of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, and the China-Arab Technology Transfer Center at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.
The meeting is an important step in the march of joint Arab action in the communications and information sector.
It seeks to unify efforts and goals to achieve digital developments in Arab societies, in addition to discussing many issues related to the digital economy and cybersecurity and reviewing joint Arab cooperation with relevant international organisations, partners and stakeholders in the field of communications and information technology.
The council of Arab ministers of communications and information is one of the specialised ministerial councils operating under the umbrella of the Council of the League of Arab States.
It aims to co-ordinate and unify the efforts of the Council’s member states to achieve close co-operation between Arab countries in the establishment and development of communications and information technology facilities and services, and to develop an Arab strategy for the communications sector.
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