- Title: SYRIA: Arab ministers discuss communication challenges
- Date: 17th November 2008
- Summary: (MER2/FLASH) DAMASCUS, SYRIA (NOVEMBER 17, 2008) (REUTERS) CONFERENCE OF ARAB MINISTERS OF INFORMATION ALGERIAN DELEGATION IRAQI DELEGATION SAUDI DEPUTY MINISTER OF INFORMATION ABDULLAH AL-JASSER THE CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SAUDI DEPUTY MINISTER OF INFORMATION ABDULLAH AL-JASSER, SAYING: "The joint Arab work needs time and it is slow and needs time but the private
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- Story Text: Arab information and communication ministers meet in Damascus to discuss a common approach to the challenges of the information revolution.
The first conference of the Arab Ministers of Information and Communication was held in Damascus Monday (November 17), with the aim of developing a common strategy to cope with information and technological challenges.
Participants from Arab countries discussed how to address the global information revolution.
Abdullah al-Jasser, Saudi Deputy Minister of Information, said that the private and public sectors must complement each other.
"The joint Arab work needs time and it is slow and needs time but the private information is flexible and it owns the funds needed to move more than the public sector does," he told Reuters.
While pledging to work together, delegates also emphasised the necessity of respecting the internal policies and privacy of the participant countries.
"It is necessary to respect the technical legislative privacy of the different states but the subject is also important," said Jordanian Minister of State for Information Affairs, Nasser Joudeh. "We need to speak to the world in what gathers us whether our civilisation, history, heritage, politics and culture."
This was the first such meeting of its kind.
Information and communication committees of the Arab League discussed, during their preparatory meetings, the possibility of launching a ten-year plan for establishing cooperation between the two sectors in the Arab world. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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