Arab Ministers of Justice have adopted a recommendation calling for the removal of Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism.
The ministers discussed a number of Arab issues during their council’s 34th session, which ended in Khartoum on Thursday.
The meeting discussed several agreements, including the Arab Convention on Combating Terrorism and its implementation mechanisms, the Arab Convention against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, the strengthening of Arab and international cooperation in combating terrorism and the establishment of a network of Arab judicial cooperation to combat terrorism and transnational crime.
The Arab justice ministers have also touched on a number of conventions and draft-laws, including a model Arab law to combat terrorism, the enactment of laws to assist victims of terrorist acts, drugs and psychotropic substances, the Arab Convention against Corruption, the Convention on the Status of Refugees in the Arab States and the legal means to deal with Israeli racism.
The meeting saw the approval of a recommendation by the Executive Council of Arab Ministers of Justice to remove the name of Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Sudan affirmed its readiness to cooperate in the fields of security and the promotion of joint Arab action.
The opening ceremony was attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Mohamed Al-Amin Ould Akik, Arab Parliament Speaker Meshaal Bin Fahad Al-Salmi, ministers of justice of various Arab countries, senior Sudanese officials and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Khartoum.
In his address to the opening session of the meeting, Bashir said the world and the region were facing many challenges, suffering from terrorism, extremism, human trafficking, drugs and organized and trans-border crime. He emphasized the need for an inter-Arab justice system that would meet the world’s concerns.
The Sudanese president underlined his country’s readiness to cooperate in the areas that achieve security and stability and to work to strengthen joint Arab action in the justice field.
