Moussa calls for resolutions commensurate with Arab, Islamic ambitions

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Libyan Foreign Minister Ali el-Turaiky arrived in Doha on Friday.

Moussa and Turaiky will lead their respective delegations to the meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), to kick off in Doha later in the day. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa will open the OIC foreign ministerial emergency meeting.

In statements, Moussa denied reports on a drive to freeze Mauritania's membership of the Arab League, because of its relations with Israel and the recent visit by the Mauritanian Foreign Minister to Tel Aviv, despite a decision by the Arab Follow-Up Committee to halt political contacts with Israel.

"The Arab League is for all Arab states," Moussa said, adding that suspending the membership of any Arab state was totally out of the question and that no one had made a request on that score.

A number of Palestinian voices demanded the freezing of Mauritania's membership of the league, due to its contacts with Israel, and in view of the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

On the emergency meeting of the Islamic foreign ministers due to open in Doha on Saturday, Moussa said that the meeting should come up with resolutions commensurate with the ambitions of the Arab and Islamic nations, in the face of Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people and its threats to Syria and Lebanon.

Regarding some Arab states' relation with Israel, expected to cast their shadows on the Doha ministerial meeting, Moussa said: "The Arab League is committed to the resolution taken by the Arab Follow-up Committee on halting all political contacts with Israel." Moussa said he hold consultations and meetings with a number of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers ahead of tomorrow's meeting to discuss resolutions to be adopted.