CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers will hold talks in Cairo on March 3, the Arab League said on Monday, as protests demanding political freedom and economic reform spread across the region.
"The meeting of Arab foreign ministers will take place in Cairo on March 3," said Ahmed Ben Helli, deputy secretary general of the Arab League.
It will be the first meeting since two Arab presidents were toppled in popular uprisings amid warnings by the 22-nation bloc’s chief, Amr Moussa, of "unprecedented anger" on the Arab street.
Tunisian protests sparked by the self-immolation of a vegetable seller forced strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country on Jan. 14 after 23 years in power.
Inspired by events in Tunisia, pro-democracy groups launched a call for protests in Egypt and their campaign ended the three-decade rule of president Hosni Mubarak.
