Arab world rejects US reform initiative: Moussa

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Arab world rejects US reform initiative: Moussa

The Arab world has voiced rejection of the US-floated Greater Middle East Initiative on reform in the region, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said Saturday.

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The Arab world has voiced rejection of the US-floated Greater Middle East Initiative on reform in the region, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said here on Saturday.

"An Arab summit (due on March 29-30) finds it not embarrassing to voice rejection of the plan," Moussa told a joint press conference with Tunisian Foreign Minister Al-Habib bin Yahia.

"There is also a global rejection to the initiative, because it ignores the Israeli-Arab conflict and the Iraqi issue," he said of the plan aimed at promoting democracy and prosperity in the Middle East.

"Arab countries have been developing a homegrown plan for reform in the Arab world," he said.

He said that there were initiatives offered by seven Arab countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Syria, for reform in the Arab world, adding that such plans were to be discussed by Arab foreign ministers during an evening session.

The ministers are gathering here to prepare for the summit.

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