Today .. Arab foreign ministers hold meeting in Baghdad
03/28/2012 0:12
To finalize the project «the Declaration of Baghdad»
Baghdad - Al Sabah
held Arab foreign ministers' preparatory meeting in Baghdad today, headed by Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs to finalize the draft agenda of the summit and a draft declaration in Baghdad which will be issued by Arab leaders at the conclusion of their work Thursday.
The secretary general of the Arab League Dr. Nabil el-Arabi that the most important topics discussed by the Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday, is the Palestinian issue and the situation in Somalia and developments in Syria and Yemen. he said in remarks to reporters at the conclusion of meetings of the Economic and Social Council that there are other important issues, including an item on the dangers of Israeli nuclear armament and weapons of mass destruction Arab national security in order to establish a zone free of such weapons in the Middle East and the issue of international terrorism and ways to combat it. and expected the Secretary-General that there will be a long debate on the situation in Palestine in the light of the above, the President of the Palestinian delegation in relation to the vision of future to be made by President Mahmoud Abbas before the Arab summit. also stressed that the Syrian issue will occupy a prominent place in the discussions, a plan was settled by Arab countries at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers on January 22, stressing that this plan represents the rule that guide the Envoy common internationalist Arab Kofi Annan and made by and consisting of six points to the Syrian government. The Arab foreign ministers have admitted in a private meeting, the agenda of the summit of Baghdad, namely: «1 Report of the Secretary-General on Joint Arab Action 2 Development of the University in light of the preliminary report prepared by the independent commission chaired by Lakhdar Brahimi, 3 - the Palestinian issue and Arab-Israeli conflict and Mostagdath includes the Palestinian issue and updates and also occupied Arab territories and solidarity with Lebanon and its support 0.4 developments of the situation in Syria and Yemen, and how the contribution of Arab countries in the development and strengthening of 0.5 the situation in Somalia 0.6 make the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction and the head of nuclear weapons 0.7 international terrorism and ways to combat it 0.8 of the Statute for the establishment of the Arab Parliament lasting 9 draft resolutions submitted by the Economic and Social Council preparatory to the Summit, 10 - place and date of the regular session 24 for the Arab summit at the level of leaders next year ». arrived foreign ministers Sudan, Lebanon Ahmed Karti and Adnan Mansour to Baghdad for a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to be held on Wednesday. The Arab delegations began on Monday, access to Baghdad, the Prime Union of the Comoros crown Znin to Baghdad International Airport to be the first head of state up to the summit, He was welcomed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and number of government officials, also arrived and Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci to Baghdad, Foreign Minister of Djibouti Mahmoud Ali Youssef. It has also arrived more than 180 political, diplomatic in what is considered the largest delegation representing the Arab League, Egypt and Morocco to participate in the summit, and delegation arrived in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, headed by their ambassadors permanent Arab League, as well as Secretary General of the Arab Parliament Noureddine Bouchkouj, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Omani Ahmad Al Harthy, the adviser to the Ministry finances Abdul-Malik al-Hinai, Minister of Trade and Industry of Jordan Sami Qmoh, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy Palestinian Abdel-Hafiz Nofal, and reached a Lebanese delegation also headed by the Director General of the Ministry of Economy Fleifel Fouad, also arrived and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki.
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