Cairo, Dhu-AlHijjah 25, 1439, Sep 5, 2018, SPA -- The Arab committee in charge of preparing for the Arab economic and social development summit scheduled for Beirut in January 2019 held today a high-level meeting at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo, under the chairmanship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Director General of the Arab and Islamic Economic Relations at the Ministry of Finance Hussein bin Shwaish Al-Shwaish and participation of senior officials from Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Arab League's secretariat general. In a statement, Kamal Hasan Ali, Assistant secretary general of the Arab League for economic affairs said the meeting reviewed the proposed agenda of the Arab economic and social development summit to be held in January 2019 in Beirut. --SPA 21:53 LOCAL TIME 18:53 GMT 0030 www.spa.gov.sa/w744525