| CAIRO, June 24 Arab foreign ministers pledged on Wednesday to take required steps to support U.S. approach of achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. After an extraordinary meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Arab foreign ministers welcomed the positive points in U.S. President Barack Obama's speech which he delivered at Cairo University on June 4.
In his speech, Obama vowed to find a fair solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Obama administration had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the two-state solution and freeze the construction of settlements in the West Bank. Arab foreign ministers welcomed Obama's proposals to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, according to a statement issued after the meeting. They stressed that resuming talks with the Israeli side should rely on halting all settlements activity, adding that they prefer achieving comprehensive peace in the Middle East according to the Arab peace initiative. The Arab peace initiative, which embodies the two-state guideline, was proposed by Saudi Arabia and adopted in the Arab summit held in Beirut in 2002. It offers the Arab acceptance of the Jewish state in exchange for an independent Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders. A comprehensive peace would not be achieved without ending Israeli occupation and withdrawal from all Arab occupied territories and solving the issue of the Palestinian refugees, said the foreign ministers. Source: Xinhua |
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Arab FMs pledge to support Obama's approach to peace
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Arabs should stand up to Iran: Saudi minister
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia's minister of foreign affairs urged Arabs on Tuesday to stand up to Persian Iran's ambitions in the region, including its nuclear programme.
Prince Saud Al-Faisal told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers that non-Arab countries should not interfere in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories – all places where Iran had been accused of supporting militants.
Saud stressed that the resolution of disputes among Arabs depended on "a unified and a joint vision" in dealing with the "Iranian challenge in regard to the Arabian Gulf security and the nuclear issue".
His remarks came a day after he and his Arab counterparts had expressed their concerns about the growing influence of Shia Iran to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The ministers and Clinton met on the sidelines of an international conference in Egypt on Monday that raised $5.2 billion in pledges to rebuild the devastated Gaza Strip. ap
Prince Saud Al-Faisal told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers that non-Arab countries should not interfere in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories – all places where Iran had been accused of supporting militants.
Saud stressed that the resolution of disputes among Arabs depended on "a unified and a joint vision" in dealing with the "Iranian challenge in regard to the Arabian Gulf security and the nuclear issue".
His remarks came a day after he and his Arab counterparts had expressed their concerns about the growing influence of Shia Iran to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The ministers and Clinton met on the sidelines of an international conference in Egypt on Monday that raised $5.2 billion in pledges to rebuild the devastated Gaza Strip. ap
Source: Daily Times
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