Jordan host media meetings for the League of Arab States, on Tuesday

Al-anbat – Hamad Alhmaisat

The media meetings to be held by the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States / Media and Communication Sector - Administration of the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, in cooperation and coordination with the Arab Commission for Satellite Broadcasting, will start on Tuesday in Amman, under the auspices of the Minister of State for Media Affairs, the official spokesman for the government, Faisal Al-Shboul.

Representatives from various Arab countries, a number of officials in the media and communication sector from the League of Arab States, and representatives of Arab federations and bodies concerned with media and communication affairs will participate in the meetings, which will continue until next Thursday.

Over the course of three days, the meetings will discuss a number of important media issues such as the role of the media in confronting extremism, the effects of electronic media and electronic games on societies and generations, and other related topics.

Minister of State for Media Affairs Faisal Al-Shboul welcomed Jordan's hosting of Arab media meetings, stressing the importance of Arab efforts, coordination and joint cooperation, in confronting the issues and challenges that have recently arisen in the media and communication sector, in order to protect the media and Arab societies from their dangers.

Al-Shaboul said that the Kingdom's hosting of these meetings comes within the framework of supporting Arab efforts aimed at addressing important common media issues, as part of the broader efforts being made to advance the process of joint Arab action.

For his part, the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Media and Communication Sector at the League of Arab States, Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khattabi, expressed his sincere thanks to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for hosting the meetings, and appreciation to the Minister of State for Media Affairs for sponsoring these important meetings, which dedicate, through the diversity and comprehensiveness of its multidimensional issues the confident orientation of member states with the active participation of organizations and unions practicing media missions under the umbrella of the Arab League towards coming up with practical and creative recommendations to enrich the Arab media system and push forward collective efforts aimed at updating the joint Arab media strategy to combat terrorism and tightening the mechanisms of its implementation plan.

Khattabi also expressed the Arab League’s media and communication sector’s aspiration to see closely the Jordanian national experience in the field of media education, in line with the recommendations of the 14th session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, which was held in Baghdad, and based on its paramount importance in promoting sound media and professional concepts, Rehabilitating the younger generations and immunizing them against extremist tendencies and behaviors.