Arab Ministers to Approve Draft Protocol on Joint Force Next Month.

Cairo, 28 July 2105(Lana) The Arab Foreign and Defense ministers are scheduled to hold a joint meeting next month, to approve the draft protocol for the formation of a joint Arab defence force. The Arab League Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Ben Helli said in press statements the joint meeting of the Arab foreign and defense ministers will be held at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat on August 27, 2015. Ben Helli said the meeting was decided by the Arab summit held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on March 29, 2015. Ben Helli's added that the date of the joint meeting was set after consultations between the Arab League General Secretariat, Egypt as the current head of the summit, and a number of Arab League member states. Chiefs of Staff of Arab countries armies previously held two meetings at the headquarters of the Arab League, to consider the special protocol on the joint force. The draft was forwarded to a tripartite committee comprised of Egypt, the current head of the summit, Kuwait as the previous head of the summit and Morocco which will be the next head and the Arab leaders for study before putting it to the foreign and defence ministers. =Lana=