THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS HAVE REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT TO LEBANON AND ITS GOVERNMENT. THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS, WHO ENDED THEIR EXTRAORDINARY MEETING HERE ON SUNDAY, SALUTED THE RESISTANCE OF THE LEBANESE TO THE AGGRESSION AND THEIR SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT. THE SAUDI DELEGATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING WAS LED BY PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER. THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING LAUDED THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE ARAB LEAGUE'S MINISTERIAL DELEGATION THROUGH ITS CONTACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE UN'S SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE UN'S SECRETARY GENERAL. THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS WELCO0EMD THE DECISION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO SEND TROOPS TO SOUTH LEBANON , AND URGED THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL UNTIL IT ENDS THE AIR, LAND AND SEA SIEGE IMPOSED ON LEBANON, BECAUSE SUCH A SIEGE CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION TO THE RESOLUTION 1701 ISSUED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THE MINISTERS HELD ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE OF THE AGGRESSION AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS, AND SAID ISRAEL SHOULD COMPENSATE THE LEBANESE FOR THE HUMAN, MORAL AND MATERIAL LOSSES INFLICTED ON THEM. THE MINISTERS SAID THE PRACTICES OF ISRAEL DURING ITS AGGRESSION WERE VIEWED AS WAR CRIMES. THE MINISTERS THANKED THE COUNTRIES WHICH HAD EXTENDED URGENT ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON AND WELCOMED THEIR DECLARATION TO CONTINUE RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF THE WAR AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON. THE MINISTERS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ARAB EFFORT FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON AND EXTENDING SUPPORT TO THE LEBANESE ECONOMY IN COORDINATION WITH THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. THE MINISTERS CALLED ON THE ARAB ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE IN BEIRUT. THE MINISTERS ASSIGNED ARAB LEAGUE'S SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA TO TAKE THE REQUIRED MEASURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS DECISION. --MORE
