With the participation of Syria, the work of the joint meeting on land and sea transport began at the headquarters of the Arab League

Cairo (ST): With the participation of Syria, the work of the joint meeting of the technical committees for land, sea and multimodal transport began at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League, which will last for two days.

The opening session was chaired by Eng. Sayed Metwally, Head of the International Internal Transport Authority, who welcomed in a speech the Syrian delegation, and the resumption of its role and activities in the meetings of the Arab League.

The delegation of the Syrian Ministry of Transport includes Eng. Bushra Nassif, Director of Maritime Transport, Iyad Asaad, Assistant Director of Planning and International Cooperation, and Mazen Al-Munajid, Head of the Goods Transportation Department.

According to the website of the Arab League, the Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Maliki, explained that the agenda of the joint meeting includes a number of issues related to the Arab transport sector, namely the agreement (regulating passenger transport on roads between Arab countries), and the agreement (regulating Transportation of goods on land roads between Arab countries).

The agenda also includes the establishment of a comprehensive Arab electronic platform for road, rail, maritime and multimodal transport, and the establishment of an Arab mechanism and database to support the field of ship repair and construction in the Arab countries, in addition to recent trends in artificial intelligence applications in the transport and logistics sectors and their future in the Arab region.

K.Q.