Algerian Justice Minister Emphasizes Importance of Strengthening Arab Solidarity to Face Challenges

Algiers -- Algerian Justice Minister Lotfi Boujmaa stressed on Tuesday the importance of unifying efforts and enhancing Arab solidarity, as well as upgrading mechanisms for joint action to confront current international and regional challenges. He made these remarks during his speech at the opening of the 77th session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice, in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Council’s Executive Office. He added that “enhancing Arab solidarity represents the best means of addressing various challenges, thereby enabling contributions to realizing the aspirations of Arab peoples for development, security, and stability.” He noted that “the meeting’s agenda is rich with important topics that serve the interests of Arab peoples, aiming to preserve their foundational elements and capacities and to advance them toward a promising future,” expressing “his utmost appreciation and gratitude to the members of the Executive Office for accepting the invitation and participating in this meeting, and wishing them a pleasant stay in Algeria.” The meeting is expected to address “the harmonization of Arab legislation through discussions on the draft Arab law for the protection of children in armed conflicts, the draft Arab model law on preventing hate speech, the draft Arab model law for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons in Arab countries, and the draft unified model Arab law on combating drugs and psychotropic substances.” (End) M.R. / A.M.S.