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Arab-African summit opens with focus on Palestine
Sunday, October 10, 2010 09:41:06 AM,
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Cairo/Sirte:
Heads of states from various Arab and African countries attended
Saturday the opening of the second Arab-Afro summit, which will
focus heavily on Mideast peace negotiations and the looming South
Sudan referendum.
Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa, who gave a short speech
at the opening, said the summit would hone in on key issues
surrounding Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and the upcoming
South Sudan referendum scheduled for January, which could decide
the future of a unified Sudan.
The summit, which is taking place in the Libyan coastal town of
Sirte, was opened by Libyan President Muammar Ghaddafi.
It is also being attended by Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak,
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, among others.
The last Arab-Afro summit took place 30 years ago, with this
year's organised by both the African Union and the Arab League.
According to a joint press release by the Arab-Afro Summit, the
meetings would aim to "adopt a new strategic framework for
Afro-Arab cooperation" and focus on peace and security, investment
and trade, agriculture and food security, and cultural
cooperation.
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