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Middle
East Talks: Arab League supports Palestinians stand
Saturday, October 09, 2010 07:54:18 AM,
IANS
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Tripoli:
The foreign ministers of the Arab League (AL) member states have
decided to support the Palestinians to halt talks with Israel amid
Israeli settlement constructions.
The decision was made at a meeting of the AL peace initiative
follow-up committee Friday in the Libyan city of Sirte, Xinhua
reported. The meeting was delayed twice to discuss the US-backed
Palestinian-Israeli direct talks which restarted Sep 2 in
Washington.
The AL committee issued an official statement to accuse Israel of
being responsible for the talks' suspension which led to "serious
consequences".
The statement also called on the US to make more efforts to bring
the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to the "right track", and
create a better environment for talks.
"We have no choice but to support Abbas' position," Qatari Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem told
reporter after the meeting.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the major
Palestinian political faction Fatah Party, both led by Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas, decided last Saturday to suspend the
direct peace talks with Israel until the Israeli government
freezes settlement construction in the West Bank.
Abbas conveyed the Palestinian leadership's decision to the
committee meeting chaired by the Qatari foreign minister, before
the ministers held a close-door discussion to form a unified Arab
position on the direct talks.
The Palestinian top leader left the meeting hall immediately after
the meeting was closed, without any comments on the issue.
Nabil Abu Rudeina, the spokesman of Abbas, told Xinhua that if
Israel insists on not freeing settlement building, there will be
no peace talks. The spokesman reaffirmed that the committee fully
supports Abbas' position.
All of the Palestinian demands have been responded by the AL
committee, Nabil added, without deliberating the details.
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