Egypt, Kuwait vow commitment to Arab rights, solidarity

Egypt and Kuwait have stressed the need for inter- Arab solidarity based on commitment to the Arab League charter, joint defense and international resolutions. They stressed the need of honoring Iraq's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for lifting the sanctions imposed on the Iraqi people and reaching a political solution for the Iraqi issue based on international resolutions.

A statement issued in Cairo on Monday, the two sides stressed in conclusion of the meetings of the Kuwaiti- Egyptian joint higher committee under the chairmanship of the two countries foreign ministries, the need that the UN will take measures necessary to protect the Palestinian people, halting the aggressive practices committed by Israel against the Palestinians, the Palestinian people's restoration of all its legitimate rights, foremost being their right to establish their own independent state, with Jerusalem as a capital, the return back home of the Palestinians and compensating them for the suffering they had while being refugees.