CAIRO — Minister of Transport and Logistic Services Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser led the Saudi delegation to the 34th session of the Council of Arab Transport Ministers, which kicked off at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday.

The session, which met under the Jordan's presidency, was attended by Arab ministers of transport, heads of delegations and Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Economic Department at the Arab League Ambassador Kamal Hassan Ali.

The agenda of the session covers a number of topics, including supporting the Palestinian economy, discussing the report of the first meeting of the technical committee supervising the implementation of the Arab agreement to regulate passenger land transport between and across the Arab States, and a proposal to establish a comprehensive Arab e-platform for transport.

The agenda also includes ways of financing a comprehensive feasibility study for a project to establish an Arab database to support the shipbuilding and repair industry in Arab countries, as well as recent trends in applying artificial intelligence (AI) in transport and logistics and their future in the Arab region.

The current session will elect members of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Transport Ministers for a two-year period. — SPA