Olmert invites Arab leaders to peace
summit
JERUSALEM, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said Sunday evening that Israel would like to call for a regional
conference with all Arab leaders, including the king of Saudi Arabia.
Olmert made the remarks at a joint news conference
with visiting German Chancellor and current EU president Angela Merkel. Full story
Riyadh summit agrees to revive Arab
peace initiative
RIYADH, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Arab leaders agreed to
reactivate a Saudi-proposed Arab peace initiative without any modification
during a closed-door session on Wednesday, local media quoted a well-informed
Arab League official as reporting.
The leaders, convening in Riyadh for the 19th Arab
summit, called for activating the peace initiative, which was adopted in Beirut
summit in 2002, aiming at reinforcing an Arab effort to end the Arab-Israeli
conflict, the source said on condition of anonymity.
The peace initiative calls for Israel's pullout from
Arab land occupied in the 1967 Middle East war and the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state in return for the normalization of ties with
Arab. Full story
Moussa: Arabs ready to enter peace
process ending Arab-Israeli conflict
RIYADH, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary
General Amr Moussa said here on Wednesday that Arabs are ready to enter a peace
process aimed at ending the Arab-Israeli conflict which he said is the core of
instability and tension in the Middle East.
"The Arabs have prepared themselves to start a peace
process to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, partly through helping the Palestinian
warring factions reach an agreement in Mecca to end infighting and pave the way
for formation of a national unity government," Moussa said while addressing the
opening session of the 19th Arab summit that started in Saudi capital of Riyadh
earlier in the day. Full Story
RIYADH, March 28 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday put forward at the opening session of the 19th
Arab summit six common goals with the Arab League (AL) in a bid to maintain
peace and stability in the Middle East.
"Our two organizations (the UN and the AL) are close
partners. As we move ahead, let us remember goals that have the power to unite
countries and people throughout the region," Ban said while delivering a speech
before the Arab leaders.
Among the six common goals, an independent
Palestinian state next to a secure Israel state, a stable, independent and
democratic Lebanon, an Iraq at peace with itself and its neighbors,a peaceful
solution to Sudan's Darfur strife rank the first four. Full story
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