Cairo:The Sultanate of Oman actively participated in the 56th session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information, which took place at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo.

According to Oman News Agency, the session was chaired by Abdulfattah Qasim Mahmoud, the Somali Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, who also serves as the Chairman of the current session. The meeting was attended by Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the Arab League.

Heading the Omani delegation was Mohammed Said Al Bulushi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information. The session addressed significant challenges confronting Arab media and discussed strategies for enhancing media coordination and presence regionally and internationally. Key topics included media support for the Palestinian cause, the Arab Media Action Plan Abroad, and the role of Arab media in combating terrorism.

Additional discussions covered the Arab Media Map for Sustainable Development 2030, strategies for engagement with international media companies, promoting media quality and excellence, and building the capabilities of Arab media professionals. The Council also assessed the implementation of the Arab Strategy for Media and Information Literacy and a unified Arab plan for addressing environmental issues through media.

The use of artificial intelligence in Arab media and its impact on human resources, along with the Capital of Arab Media initiative and Arab-Chinese media cooperation, were also on the agenda. Furthermore, Oman's delegation had taken part in the 105th ordinary session of the Permanent Committee for Arab Media, which focused on developing the Arab media system and increasing support for the Palestinian cause.