The Arab League Council at the level of foreign ministers endorsed at the end of its extraordinary meeting, held today in Cairo, the Arab action plan to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian state territories, through submission of the Arab draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Meanwhile, consultations on this matter will continue with the Member States of the UNSC at the regional, continental and international groups. The Council, tasked in its resolution issued at the conclusion of its extraordinary session under the chairmanship of Mauritania and the presence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Secretary -General of the Arab League, Nabil El Araby, an open ended ministerial delegation led by Kuwait, the chair of the Arab Summit and the Arab Peace Initiative Committee and the membership of Mauritania, Chair of the Arab League Council, Jordan, the Arab member at the UN Security Council, the State of Palestine and the Secretary General of the Arab League, to establish contacts and step up visits to mobilize international support for the Arab draft resolution before the Security Council. The Council supported the effort the state of Palestine to join the institutions and international conventions, treaties and protocols, including joining the International Criminal Court, affirming adherence to the Arab peace initiative put forward by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, endorsed at the Beirut Summit of 2002. It added that the initiative is still the best solution to resolve the Palestinian issue, and poses positive interaction with initiatives seeking to resume negotiations, end the occupation and establish a Palestinian state on the basis of this initiative. It stressed the continuation of joint Arab action to ensure international recognition of the state of Palestine with its capital East Jerusalem on the 1967 borders by countries that have not recognized yet. The Council welcomed the Sweden's decision to recognize the state of Palestine, the recommendations of the British, Irish and Spanish parliaments in this respect. It also recommended the move of the French parliament. --More 22:33 LOCAL TIME 19:33 GMT تغريد
