Egypt, Syria Call for Arab Summit on Palestinian-Israeli ClashesEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday called for an emergency Arab summit to deal with the Palestinian-Israeli bloody clashes.Arab leaders should "meet as soon as possible" to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories to seek a common stance, Mubarak said at a joint press conference in Cairo with Assad. Assad said that he agreed with Mubarak on the need for such a summit. Assad arrived here Sunday on his first foreign trip since assuming office in July. He held two rounds of talks with Mubarak Sunday and Monday. The 35-year-old Syrian president, meanwhile, urged Arab countries to join efforts for an end to the 10-year international sanctions on Iraq. The sanctions, imposed by the United Nations Security Council after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, will soon result in the destruction of the country, Assad said. Arab countries "must work together for the lifting" of the embargo, he told the press conference. |
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