Bahrain calls anti-terrorism agreement a turning point in Arab affairs

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, the Bahrain minister of interior, confirmed that the new developments witnessed in the Arab and international arenas requires Arab joint efforts to confront crimes of terrorism which form a new threat to security and judicial bodies, not only in the Arab states, but in many countries of the world.

He stated that crimes of terrorism are not admitted by divine legislation and violate security and national interests, as well as human rights and fundamental individual liberties.

He said that the agreement ratified yesterday by the Arab ministers of interior and justice at Arab League headquarters in Cairo forms an turning point in Arab joint initiatives.

He said the items of the agreement establish methods of enhancing the security and the judicial cooperation among the Arab states.

He also called on foreign countries not to allow terrorists to reside in them or use their territories, regimes or mass media under the cover of human rights or any other reason to work on reinforcing terrorist operations or to seek to destabilize other countries.