Indian Ocean countries conference to be kicked off on Saturday

SANA'A, June 19 (Saba)- Conference of the League of Countries
Overlooking Indian Ocean (LCOIO) is to be started on Saturday in
Sana'a.

A number of issues such as commercial, economic and technological
issues will dominate the conference's agenda with the participation
of representatives of the 18-member state League to implement the
League objectives at establishment in 1997 in order to achieve
sustainable growth.

Officials at the Foreign Ministry say that the importance of the
conference stems from the inserted issues in the League agenda which
focuses on reinforcing the role of the League secretariat to
implement the defined tasks and goals as well as agreement set to be
signed in the fields of encouraging investment, commercial exchange
and technology cooperation.