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Arab Foreign Ministers on Friday completed the preparatory meeting for the 30th Arab Summit scheduled for Sunday in Tunis. Ministers approved the draft final declaration to be submitted to Arab leaders.
The recognition by the President of the United States, Donald H. Trump, of the sovereignty of Israel on the Syrian Golan is also on the agenda of the Arab summit, chaired by President Baji Kayed al-Sibsi . Arab ministers agreed to condemn this decision.
The statement highlights the Palestinian people's support for Israel, the tension in the Gaza Strip, the Syrian crisis and the possibility of Syria's return to the League of Arab States.
The Libyan issue played an important role during this meeting and the declaration addressed the Yemeni issue and the need to reach a political settlement in the light of the tragic situation in Yemen.
"We will work with the rest of the Arab brother countries and the international community to contain all possible repercussions of this decision in various international and regional forums," said Friday the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khamis Jahnawi.
Al-Jahnawi did not give details, but Arab countries want Washington to yield to its decision and prevent other countries from doing the same.
In the context of tense relations between Qatar and its neighbors, the QNA (Qatar News Agency) posted on its website a tweet announcing that the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had led his delegation to the summit. Arab. Meetings of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit of the thirtieth ordinary session to be held Sunday in Tunis, the capital, the Tunisian sister Republic. "
A spokesman for the summit said Arab leaders should reiterate their commitment to the Arab peace initiative with Israel in return for its complete withdrawal from all the territories occupied by it in 1967, but would reject any proposals in accordance with UN resolutions.
Mahmoud al-Khmeri seemed to be referring to an undisclosed US peace plan prepared by Trump's adviser, son-in-law Jared Kouchner, and rejected by the Palestinians.
The Arab states, which consider the Golan captured by Israel during the 1967 war as a territory occupied by Syria, denounced the Trump decision.
Trump angered the Arabs last year by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its decision to relocate the US Embassy to that city.
But a well-informed source said that Washington's decisions on Jerusalem and the Golan did not seem to put an end to the undeclared security contacts that have developed in recent years between Israel and the Gulf Arab states, allied with Washington, around the common enemy of Iran.
Israel took the Golan Heights and Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War and annexed them, which has not been recognized by the international community.
According to Reuters, five sources said the United States urged the Gulf states not to re-establish ties with Syria, including the United Arab Emirates, which have approached Damascus to thwart the influence of the government. 39; Iran.
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