CAIRO - Syria signed on Wednesday the Agreement on Multimodal Transport of Goods among the Arab countries at the Arab League (AL) headquarters in Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
Syria's Permanent Ambassador to the AL signed the agreement which also included Jordan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen and was ratified by Jordan and Syria.
Ihab Mukaram, representative of the legal administration at the AL, who signed the agreement on part of the League, said that the agreement will contribute to activating trade exchange and boosting economic ties among the Arab countries.
Mukaram pointed out in a statement to the press that each country has the right to set its legislative framework on the national level for organizing multimodal transport work.
He indicated that the agreement will be put into effect after thirty days of the date of submitting the ratification papers of three Arab countries according to article 46 of the agreement.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2011
