Arab foreign ministers meet today in Cairo

Preliminary meetings of the Arab foreign ministers start today in Cairo in preparation for the Arab summit which will be held next Saturday and Sunday, due to the dangerous conditions in the Palestinian territories.

In this framework the Lebanese prime minister Salim al-Hoss arrived in Cairo. He said in an arrival statements that Lebanon is not scared by the Israeli threats against it because it has the right and Israel is the aggressor.

Al-Hoss also discussed with the Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa topics listed on the agenda of the Arab foreign ministers meeting and learnt from him about the results of the Sharm esh Shiek meeting which was concluded on Tuesday.

Also arrived in Cairo to attend the Arab FM s meeting were the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Faisal, the UAE foreign minister Rashed Abdullah al-Nueimi and the foreign ministers of Iraq, Bahrain and Qatar.

The secretary general of the Arab League Ismat Abdul Miguid said the Arab foreign ministers will discuss during their meeting means of reactivating Arab boycott of Israel.

He added in a statement on Wednesday: " what is needed in this phase is to strengthen the Arab position in defending the rights, the lands and backing the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation."

Concerning the possibility to discuss the imposed sanction on Iraq, he said "all these matters will be revealed in the meeting."