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Mubarak, Bashir Calls on Israel to Halt Violence Against Palestinians
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir Sunday urged Israel to stop "all forms of atrocious and arbitrary practices" against the Palestinians.
The two leaders condemned Israel's policy of "intentionally" destroying the Palestinian economy and institutions and rejected Israeli settlement activities on the occupied Palestinian territories and violations of the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported.
In a statement issued after their talks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, Mubarak and Bashir insisted that Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations pick up where they have left off on the basis of U.N. resolutions regarding the Palestinian issue.
Israeli violation of the Al Aqsa Mosque, an Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem, last September triggered the ongoing Palestinian- Israeli bloody clashes, which have left more than 470 people dead, most of them Palestinians, and thousands more injured.
Bashir, who arrived in Egypt Sunday for an one-day visit, discussed with Mubarak the progress of an Egyptian-Libyan initiative aimed at ending the 18-year civil war in Sudan and ways of expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
Bashir has left Sharm el Sheikh Sunday evening for Brussels for a meeting of the least developed countries sponsored by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.
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