Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

REGIONAL

G8 Ministers Reaffirm Support For Arab Spring Countries

Group of Eight (G8) foreign ministers agreed on 20 September to quickly supply both economic and political aid to the governments of five nations affected by the Arab spring earlier this year, in return for a concrete commitment they would look to pursue democratic reforms. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe...