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RIYADH, Jan 19 (KUNA) -- The Arab foreign ministers meeting which opened here on Saturday should not be a "run-of-the-mill" one and must produce decisions that meet the aspirations of regional peoples and leaderships, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said.
Addressing the joint meetings of Arab foreign and finance ministers, Al-Faisal said that though the changes in some Arab states over the past two years were political in nature, their "real causes" had more to do with the course of development than anything else.
"Based on that, our meeting should not be routine-like and ridden with conventionalities, because it deals with the most important and key matters that touch the lives of our people which requires that we take our decisions to the level of our peoples and leaderships aspirations", he noted.
He said that dealing with social and economic development in the Arab world calls on leaders to cover all of its aspects in order to achieve comprehensive economic integration.
Prince Al-Faisal also called for a thorough revision of all decisions adopted during the two previous summits in Kuwait in 2009 and in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2011"in order to proceed with construction and achieve the targeted goals." The top Saudi diplomat stressed that credibility and seriousness are a must to overcome all obstacles hindering Arab development.
He said Arab officials should step up efforts to complete all requirements for the Grand Arab Free Trade Zone and the Customs Union to achieve complete application by 2015.
On another matter, he said that the region possesses huge natural and human resources, as well as capital and a strategic location which qualify it to boast an increasing flow of capital and inter-Arab trade.
On this basis, he said that this summit aims to endorse the modified unified agreement on keeping Arab capital at home.
Prince Saud called for achieving development goals for the millennium, mainly urging Arab states toward fulfilling their commitment on helping the least-developed countries.
He said that the region enjoys ideal geographical, climactic and economic potentials which qualify it to diversify its resources of renewable energies, adding that transferring the technologies needed for this industry to Arab states is considered a strategic option.
He said that such goals will be made easier by the Arab Strategy to develop uses of renewable energy due to be adopted by the two-day summit, which opens on Monday.
The Saudi foreign minister, the new chairman of the meeting, said that this strategy comprises of mechanisms for an effective involvement of the private sector in renewable energy projects and proposing appropriate sources of funding needed to establish an Arab market for this industry.
On non-contagious diseases, such as diabetes and cancer, he said they pose great challenge to Arab economies and development projects, noting that World Health Organization figures for 2010 showed that those illnesses made 27 to 84 percent of all fatalities in Arab countries.
He noted that Arab governments and non-government bodies will join hands toward fighting those diseases.
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Addressing the joint meetings of Arab foreign and finance ministers, Al-Faisal said that though the changes in some Arab states over the past two years were political in nature, their "real causes" had more to do with the course of development than anything else.
"Based on that, our meeting should not be routine-like and ridden with conventionalities, because it deals with the most important and key matters that touch the lives of our people which requires that we take our decisions to the level of our peoples and leaderships aspirations", he noted.
He said that dealing with social and economic development in the Arab world calls on leaders to cover all of its aspects in order to achieve comprehensive economic integration.
Prince Al-Faisal also called for a thorough revision of all decisions adopted during the two previous summits in Kuwait in 2009 and in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2011"in order to proceed with construction and achieve the targeted goals." The top Saudi diplomat stressed that credibility and seriousness are a must to overcome all obstacles hindering Arab development.
He said Arab officials should step up efforts to complete all requirements for the Grand Arab Free Trade Zone and the Customs Union to achieve complete application by 2015.
On another matter, he said that the region possesses huge natural and human resources, as well as capital and a strategic location which qualify it to boast an increasing flow of capital and inter-Arab trade.
On this basis, he said that this summit aims to endorse the modified unified agreement on keeping Arab capital at home.
Prince Saud called for achieving development goals for the millennium, mainly urging Arab states toward fulfilling their commitment on helping the least-developed countries.
He said that the region enjoys ideal geographical, climactic and economic potentials which qualify it to diversify its resources of renewable energies, adding that transferring the technologies needed for this industry to Arab states is considered a strategic option.
He said that such goals will be made easier by the Arab Strategy to develop uses of renewable energy due to be adopted by the two-day summit, which opens on Monday.
The Saudi foreign minister, the new chairman of the meeting, said that this strategy comprises of mechanisms for an effective involvement of the private sector in renewable energy projects and proposing appropriate sources of funding needed to establish an Arab market for this industry.
On non-contagious diseases, such as diabetes and cancer, he said they pose great challenge to Arab economies and development projects, noting that World Health Organization figures for 2010 showed that those illnesses made 27 to 84 percent of all fatalities in Arab countries.
He noted that Arab governments and non-government bodies will join hands toward fighting those diseases.
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