Permanent Representative of Qatar to the Arab League H E Salem Mubarak Al Shafi taking part in the meeting.
Cairo: Qatar participated on Tuesday in the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) extraordinary ministerial-level general assembly meeting.
Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the Arab League H E Salem Mubarak Al Shafi headed the Qatari delegation participating in the meeting which was held at the Academy’s headquarters in Cairo.
The meeting comes in implementation of the request of the Economic and Social Council in its extraordinary ministerial-level session to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Academy's General Assembly this July to take what it deems appropriate regarding the leave granted by Article 9 of the Academy's statute on exceptional basis for renewal to the President of the Academy.
The Economic and Social Council held its extraordinary ministerial-level session via video conference technology on April 24, to discuss the amendments to the statutes of the Academy’s staff.