Emergency Arab Summit to Be Held on Feb. 22: Egypt

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Emergency Arab Summit to Be Held on Feb. 22: Egypt

An emergency Arab summit will be held in Cairo on Feb. 22, an Egyptian government spokesman said on Saturday.

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An emergency Arab summit will be held in Cairo on Feb. 22, an Egyptian government spokesman said on Saturday.

The meeting will deal with the Iraqi and Palestinian issues, the spokesman added.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday called for an emergency Arab summit on the Iraqi crisis in the week starting from Feb. 22, an Egyptian TV channel reported.

"I call on Arab leaders to convene the summit to form a unified stance and let our voice heard and influence decision makers," Mubarak said after talks with Bahraini King Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Mubarak said a regular Arab summit, due in Bahrain in late March, will be meaningless if a war on Iraq breaks out at the time.

Mubarak's appeal has been positively responded by 13 Arab states.

It was reported that the Arab summit will be preceded by a meeting of Arab foreign ministers scheduled for Feb. 16 in the Egyptian capital.

During the gathering, the foreign minister were said to focus on the Iraqi crisis and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

A war on Iraq looms large as the United States has stepped up military buildup in the Gulf and vowed to disarm Iraq by force if necessary.

Arab countries call for a peaceful solution to the Iraqi standoff, while urging Iraq to fully cooperate with UN arms inspectors.

Meanwhile, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced readiness for the appointment of a prime minister to head a future cabinet as a key reform measure.

Arafat told reporters that he has "decided to appoint a Palestinian prime minister" and "will ask the Palestinian Legislative Council to take the necessary measures to that effect."

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