Kuwait calls for final solution to Iraqi problem before it will attend a summit

Kuwait's permanent delegate at the Arab League told ArabicNews.com that he informed Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid of his country's refusal to participate in any Arab summit attended by the Iraqi government.

He said that as a precondition to any summit, there must be a reaching of a "radical solution" to the issues and problems resulting from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, problems topped by the issue of prisoners of war and the Iraqi recognition of Kuwait's borders according to the resolution of the United Nations Security Council.

Kuwait's delegate also called for not raising the issue of "uplifting sanctions from the Iraqi government" in any Arab summit, as this issue is considered a UN Security Council's concern.