Arab FMs in Cairo for Talks on Supporting PalestiniansArab foreign ministers met Sunday, December 3, to discuss the ongoing tensions in Palestinian territories and the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the Arab summit in October, the official Middle East News Agency reported.Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said at a news conference following the meeting that the ministers reviewed the developments in the Arab world regarding supporting Palestinians since the Arab foreign ministers convened last month in Doha, Qatar, on the sidelines of the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit. Moussa, who chaired the meeting, said that foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian National Authority, who constitute the follow- up committee set up by the Arab summit, made preparations for the committee's ministerial meeting in Damascus, Syria, next Sunday. They also reviewed the outcome of the meetings of the Arab foreign and information ministers last month, as well as the developments regarding the two funds established at the Arab summit for supporting the Palestinian uprising. The Cairo Arab summit on October 21-22, attended by all the 22 members of the Arab League, set up two funds of a total of 1 billion U.S. dollars to support the "Arab and Islamic character of Jerusalem" and the families of those Palestinians killed in the ongoing clashes with Israeli forces. A total of 11 Arab countries had offered nearly 700 million dollars for the two funds up to November 23. The clashes that have lasted more than two months have killed over 280 Palestinians and injured thousands of others. Sunday's gatherings were attended by the Cairo-based Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdel-Meguid and the Arab permanent representatives to the pan-Arab forum. |
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