Kuwait keen on pushing ahead joint Arab action, says foreign minister
Arab leaders hail Kuwait’s plan to host confab on Palestinian kids
NOUAKCHOTT, July 26, (KUNA): Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has reiterated that Kuwait is doing all in power to push ahead joint Arab action.
In statements to KUNA following his participation in the 27th Arab Summit in the Mauritanian capital, the minister said that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s speech in the summit has touched upon all issues of common Arab interest.
His Highness the Amir has emphasized the need for intensifying efforts to end unrest in some Arab countries, defeat terrorists and maintain Arab national security as well as to promote tolerance and religious moderation, Sheikh Sabah Khaled recalled.
Kuwait’s top diplomat pointed out that His Highness the Amir’s speech has been greatly welcomed by the summit attendants. He noted the conferees have also tackled several economic issues, including His Highness the Amir’s initiative to found a special fund for financing small and medium-sized enterprises. The capital of the fund has growing to $1.31 billion, the minister said.
Sheikh Sabah Khaled congratulated Mauritanian government on the success of the summit organization, expressing gratitude for the warm welcome to the participating delegations.
Meanwhile, Arab leaders, attending the 27th Arab Summit in Nouakchott, have acclaimed Kuwait’s announcement of a plan to host an international conference on the suffering of Palestinian children under the Israeli occupation.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah announced at the opening session of the summit, Kuwait is planning to host an international conference on the suffering of the Palestinian children.
The proposed event will shed light on Israel’s violation of the international conventions and norms on children’s rights, he said.
Solidarity
The Arab leaders have also welcomed the visit paid by Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah heading a senior Arab and Muslim delegation to Jerusalem and Ramallah to show solidarity with Palestinian people.
They shed lights on the Arab and international efforts to find a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause, especially the French initiative to hold an international conference for peace before the end of 2016.
They stressed that the proposed conference should set multilateral mechanisms to end the Israeli occupation of the Arab and Palestinian territories since 1967 according to a timetable.
They emphasized their principled support for the right of the Palestinian people to regain their inalienable national rights, including the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the territory occupied since June 1967. They warned that the illegal Israeli measures to Judaize and change Arab character of Jerusalem risk provoke religious conflict in the region.
The leaders assigned the Arab group in the United Nations and Egypt, which was currently a nonpermanent member in the UNSC, to work with other regional and international groups in the UN to press the international community to take action against the Israeli violations.
Protection
They asked the Arab group to present draft resolutions to the UNSC to condemn the illegal Israeli settlement activities on the Palestinian territories and to provide Palestinian people with international protection against the human rights violations committed by Israeli forces.
They reiterated the full support for the efforts of the State of Palestine to accede to international treaties and organizations. They urged the International Quartet Group for Peace to reconsider its latest report about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. They lamented the group for failing to differentiate between the legal obligations of the Israeli occupiers and the occupied Palestinians.
They criticized the nomination of Israel, the occupying country, to the presidency of the UN General Assembly’s Legal Committee.
They categorically rejected Israeli calls for recognizing Israeli as a Jewish state, and condemned all the Israeli measure to change the geographic and demographic status quo of the occupied Palestinian territories.
They urged all Palestinian parties to intensify their efforts towards reconciliation, national unity and general elections. Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Abul-Gheit has lauded Kuwait’s remarkable role in Arab humanitarian issues, especially caring for displaced people in the region.
Speaking in a joint press conference with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih following the 27th Arab Summit, Abul-Gheit recalled Kuwait’s hosting of several international conference to rally international support to alleviate the suffering of the refugees.