Arab Summit

importers abroad to re-enter the market. It is not an easy job to handle a buffer stock of export goods over a period of time; and jute trade practices do not make it any easier. Who will, in fact, control and operate the buffer stock operations and set the maximum and THE ARAB STATES have been in session, at various levels, in recent weeks. The Khartoum meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers ended on August 6, and two more meetings are planned: the Finance and Petroleum Ministers will meet in Baghdad on August 15, and the Foreign Ministers will meet again at Khartoum on August 26. Meanwhile, there have been other scurry - ings around. Presidents Boume- dienne and Aref have been to Moscow, and lesser personalities have been visiting each other in Cairo and Damascus. On August 29, there will be a full-fledged Arab- Summit of Heads of State.