Protest for not inviting the Arab states to the G-8 Forum

Several Arab foreign ministers have protested over that the G-8 right to not invite Arab states to attend the "future forum" of the foreign ministers to be held in New York in September.

The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Abu al-Ghait announced in statements to the press of conveying the desire of the Arab foreign minister and their regret over reasons of not inviting two Arab states to this Forum. The G-8 was informed about that, but the name of the two countries was not given.

One Arab diplomatic source asked to be anonymous said that the matter does not only pertains to two countries, rather includes Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Djibouti.

On Wednesday Abu al-Ghait announced that the Arab foreign ministers council chose Egypt as a general coordinator during the expected forum in New York to be held on September 24 to discuss the question of reforms in the Arab states. He explained that the meeting will be held between a group of Arab foreign ministers and the foreign ministers of the G-8 countries. He indicated Arab Tunisia summit over the question of reforms and modernizations in the Arab states and the Alexandria library paper.