Saudi Arabia says Arab peace offer of 2002 best

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on Monday said that the Arab Peace offer of 2002 was the best and most reasonable agreement to settle disputes between Israel and the Arab states.

According to the agreement, establishing peaceful relations between the two sides depends on Israeli withdrawal from all territories of Palestine it occupied in 1967.

Another section of the agreement refers to the formation of an independent Palestinian government as well as the return of all Palestinian refugees to their homeland.

Pointing to the Mecca Agreement, he noted that the accord between Hamas and Fatah is considered a proper opportunity for the Arab world to preserve the Arab peace diplomacy.

The minister said that the study of political and security situation in Iraq and the Lebanese crisis was the other major issues of the current conference. 20 foreign ministers of Arab states are taking part the two-day conference in in Riyadh.

Meantime, Representative of the Hamas movement in Lebanon Oussama Hamdan urged the Arab leaders meeting for a Summit in Riyadh soon to decline Israeli demands for repealing the right of return for Palestinian refugees. He also rejected any resettlement of refugees in host countries.