Arab leaders denunciation of London's explosions
Regional-UK, Politics, 7/8/2005

The Arab leaders deplored the series of explosions which targeted London on Thursday, stressing the rejection of the Arab states for such aggressions and voiced solidarity with Britain in its crisis.

The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad extended a cable of "condemnation and denunciation" to the British prime minister in which he said "In my own name and the name of the Syrian people we condemn and strongly deplore these hated acts."

The Moroccan king stressed " that terrorism which does not know a religion nor a homeland aims at violating human rights and the right to live."

The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa announced "AL rejection of these acts taking place in London or in any European or Arab capital or in any place in the world."

The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Abu al-Ghait expressed in a telephone call with the British ambassador in Cairo "Egypt's solidarity with Britain in its crisis."

An official source in Saudi Arabia stressed Riyadh's position "on the importance of the international community intensification of the efforts to fight terrorism, which threatens our security, and the security of all our people and that of the world as a whole."

The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation council GCC Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad al-Ateyah stressed the "rejection of the GCC to terrorism regardless to its source," calling for " fighting it in all its forms and pictures."

The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani considered that "terrorism is an international crisis, showing that what is taking place in Iraq might also happen in any other country." He warned "I am saying it to our Arab brothers, should terrorism take place in Iraq today, then it will be tomorrow in other Arab countries."

The minister of state for foreign affairs in the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan expressed UAE solidarity with the British government and its support for measures taken to withstand them."

The Jordanian King Abdullah II underlined the " importance of intensifying efforts of all sides concerned to fight all form of terrorism and forces standing behind it."

The Libyan foreign ministry stressed cooperation with all countries in "fighting terrorism so as this epidemic which threatens world peace and security will be eliminated."

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Oreikat said "we strongly condemn these aggression and offer our condolences to the British government and people, hoping quick recovery for the wounded."

Meantime, the deputy chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas movement Mousa Abu Marzouq considered that targeting of civilians in their transportation means "is a rejected matter and should be deplored." One official source at the Yemeni foreign ministry considered "criminal acts once again disclosed the ugly face of terrorism which pursues a policy rejected by all divine and humanitarian principles."

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