Arab League Chief Aboul Gheit arrives in Baghdad for Economic and Social Council meeting

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday to attend the meeting of the Economic and Social Council, held in preparation for the Arab Development Summit.
'The agenda of the opening session will include remarks from Lebanon's Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam, representing the previous summit presidency, Iraq's Minister of Trade Atheer Dawood Salman representing the current presidency, and Secretary-General Aboul Gheit,' according to the correspondent of The Iraqi News Agency-INA.
The closed session will focus on finalizing the draft agenda for the Development Summit, followed by a discussion of its key points. And then a final closed session where the draft resolutions will be approved.

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