Tunisian president calls for enhanced inter- Arab relations

The Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali has stressed that it is the duty of the Arab states to up their relations to the level that meets the expectations of their peoples to integration and rapprochement.

In a statement to the Lebanese magazine al-Sayyad issued on Thursday, the Tunisian President said that the Arabs have to intensify means of maintaining solidarity and strengthening cooperation so as to reactivate joint Arab efforts.

He added that the recent Arab emergency summit conference held in Cairo showed a détente in the inter-Arab relations and achieved positive steps embodied in embarking on a rotating mechanism to regularly hold an annual Arab summit conference.

The Tunisian President stressed that just and comprehensive peace is still the strategic option of all Arabs but that is without violating of any of the Arab rights.

He added that by violating the principles of the international law, Israel is responsible for bombarding the ME peace and the salvation the peace option requires, before any thing else, pressuring Israel to abide by international legitimacy resolution and a firm Arab stand so as Israel will be forced to completely and unconditionally withdraw from all occupied Arab lands.