Arab League Concerned Over Continued Conflicts in Somalia, Sudan

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Arab League Concerned Over Continued Conflicts in Somalia, Sudan

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The Arab League on Thursday expressed deep concern over the continued conflict and troubles in Somalia and southern Sudan. Addressing the opening session of the ninth summit of the East African Inter-Governmental Authority on Development in Khartoum, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said that the league was ready to work with all concerned parties for peaceful solutions to the problems in the two countries.

The 22-member pan-Arab forum calls for a new wider and deeper Arab-African cooperation, Moussa said, adding that cooperation should be based on socio-economic and cultural development and deal with all common problems in order to serve the common interests. The proposal offered by Sudanese President Hassan Ahmed el- Bashir on regional peace necessitates integration in the region in a bid to achieve peace in the framework of socio-economic development, Moussa added.

The Arab League does not feel independent from the action of Africa and African blocs, he noted, saying that the league's participation in this summit means that "we head for a new phase in terms of cooperation and integration" with a view of solving the problems and serving the common interests.

The Arab world is part, and extension, of the African world, which means that the problems as well as the interests are the same, Moussa added.