Jordan, Egypt sign services trade liberalisation agreement

AMMA — The Arab League on Thursday congratulated Jordan and Egypt for signing earlier in the day an agreement on the liberalisation of services trade among Arab countries.

In a statement cited by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the Arab League said that the difficult conditions facing Arab countries require all to stick to implementing the economic integration project.

In a speech during the ministerial meeting of the economic and social council in Riyadh, Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said that regional crises have worsened economic conditions in several Arab countries which spent large amounts of money to host waves of refugees who placed extra pressure on their resources, in addition to paying high costs to safeguard their borders.