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Barnama
18-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Arab Leaders Urge Unity To Tackle Regional Challenges, Promote Peace
Arab leaders pose for a group photo on the day of the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS BAGHDAD, May 18 (Bernama-SPA) -- Leaders and heads of delegations who participated on Saturday in the 34th session of the Council of the Arab League, held in Baghdad, emphasised the need to unify efforts to overcome challenges in the Arab region and to establish peace in accordance with United Nations principles, based on respect for state sovereignty and good neighbourliness. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit stated in his speech that rapid global developments and economic challenges highlight the importance of holding the Baghdad Summit. He noted that a comprehensive Arab food security strategy has been prepared and will be presented at the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit. bootstrap slideshow He indicated that the Development Summit is reviewing a proposal to establish a specialised ministerial council within the Arab League, comprising Arab trade ministers, aimed at enhancing trade exchange systems. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria Asaad Al-Shibani described United States (US) President Donald J. Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria as an important step towards national recovery and reconstruction. He said the move reflects a sincere Arab diplomatic effort that yielded tangible results, led by effective mediation from Saudi Arabia and Türkiye at a critical historical moment. Prime Minister of the State of Palestine Mohammed Mustafa reaffirmed his government's commitment to working with regional and international partners to achieve security, stability, and an end to wars, and to advance reconstruction, sustainable development, and a just and comprehensive peace in accordance with international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam expressed his country's readiness to cooperate with Arab partners in addressing accelerating regional challenges that threaten growth, social justice, and rising youth unemployment rate, as well as issues related to the environment, climate, displacement crises, and post-war reconstruction. Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad of Algeria, Ahmed Attaf affirmed his country's commitment to contributing to Arab economic integration and its keenness to play an active role in fostering closer ties among Arab states.
Straits Times
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Arab leaders toughen denunciations of Israel as it ramps up Gaza bombing
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS Arab leaders attend the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS Arab leaders pose for a group photo on the day of the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025. Hadi Mizban/Pool via REUTERS Arab leaders toughen denunciations of Israel as it ramps up Gaza bombing BAGHDAD - Arab leaders at a summit in Baghdad called on Saturday for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, accusing Israel in starker language of trying to drive the Palestinians out of the enclave altogether after it ramped up its bombing campaign. Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians since Thursday in one of the deadliest waves of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, even as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up a Middle East tour on Friday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, whose country is one of the main mediators in Gaza peace talks, described Israel's actions as "systematic crimes" aimed at "obliterating and annihilating" the Palestinians and "ending their existence in the Gaza Strip". Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the summit's host, said Israel was engaged in genocide. U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who addressed the summit, said "nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people". After a six-week ceasefire, Israel imposed a total blockade of Gaza and resumed its military campaign in March. It blames Hamas fighters for harm to civilians for operating among them, which Hamas denies. Israel's declared goal is the elimination of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas, which attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages. The military campaign has devastated the tiny, crowded enclave, pushing nearly all its 2.3 million inhabitants from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. Israel faces growing international pressure to resume ceasefire talks and allow food and medical supplies into Gaza. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher asked the Security Council this week if it would act to "prevent genocide". Iraq's prime minister announced the creation of a fund to help reconstruct Arab states after war, with an initial pledge of $20 million each for Gaza and Lebanon, where swathes of the south were destroyed last year in an Israeli campaign against the Hezbollah group. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
