H.E.  Dr. Tariq Al-Zadjali- Director –General of AOAD , received  at his office at the organization headquarters , on  Monday 28/3/2011, Dr. Ghazi Yehia , OIE regional representative for The Middle East , Mr. Tim Trevan , Executive Director, International Council for the  Life Science( ICLS) , Dr. Ahmed Bashir and Dr. Eltayeb A. Ali,  members of the  BBIC Steering Committee. The meeting discussed  prospects of future cooperation between AOAD and OIE  in fields of mutual interests and means to invigorate the  jointly signed agreement. The meeting also reviewed the activities of the ICLS  and explored means for constructive cooperation between the parties in spreading the standards and values of biosafety and biosecurity.