Moroccan party calls for lifting embargo against Iraq

Moroccan leftist party, the Front of Democratic Forces (FFD/ represented in the Moroccan socialist-led government) called for lifting the embargo imposed on Iraq and for respecting its territorial integrity.

In a motion adopted at the end of a meeting held lately in Rabat, the party voiced solidarity with the Iraqi and Palestinian peoples and denounced the aggression of innocent Iraqi people.

It also urged Arab states to weld ranks to counter the dangers facing Arab and Islamic Ummah.

The Arab foreign ministers, who met last weekend in Cairo, expressed concern over the military option against Iraq and insisted on the need to lift the embargo on Iraq the soonest possible.

They also urged Iraq to enforce the UN security council decisions, cease provoking its neighbors and voiced attachment to Iraq's territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Moroccan foreign affairs minister, who attended the Arab ministerial meeting, termed as "positive" the gathering's outcome in view of the present circumstances the arab world is going through.

The Iraqi delegate withdrew from the Arab meeting to protest the encounter's failure to take a clear-cut decision for the lifting of the embargo and for not condemning overtly the US-British strikes against his country.