Saudi Peace Proposal Officially Presented to Arab Summit

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Saudi Peace Proposal Officially Presented to Arab Summit

Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Abdullah Ibn Abdul-Aziz officially presented his peace proposal to the 14th Arab Summit which opened in Beirut Wednesday morning.

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Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Abdullah Ibn Abdul-Aziz officially presented his peace proposal to the 14th Arab Summit which opened in Beirut Wednesday morning.

The crown prince presented his proposal to the summit in his keynote speech delivered at the first session of the summit.

Abdullah stressed the peace is the strategic option of all Arab countries, but adding that the peace should be based on all U.N. resolutions on the Mideast.

He also urged Israel to go back to the negotiating table and seek a peaceful solution to the violence in the region.

He said that the over 50-year-long violence yields no good result to both Israelis and the Arabs.

Peace can only be decided by both sides, he added.

Abdullah, in an interview with New York Times in mid-February, suggested that Arab nations normalize the relations with Israel in exchange for the latter's withdrawal from all Arab lands occupied in the 1967 Mideast War.

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