Jordan: Israel's neighbors states meeting to be held in Cairo on March 3 to 6

The Jordanian foreign minister Hani al-Malqi said on Sunday that the meeting of the states neighboring Israel will be held on the sideline of the meetings of the Arab League council in Egypt on March between 3 and 6.

Al-Malqi said in statements to the Jordanian News agency Petra that "there is an optimum opportunity to convene the Israel's neighboring states " on the sideline of meetings of the Arab league council which will be held in Cairo at the level of foreign ministers on March from 3 to 6.

He said that the conference "will be attended by Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and the secretary general of the Arab League in addition to Palestine that came to assess what has been achieved since the convening of the Sharm esh Sheikh until now."

He indicated that the "meeting will discuss also the Arab initiative for peace and stress the need of studying it precisely and draw a mechanism." Syria is due to host a conference for Israel's neighboring states. No date was set for this meeting.