ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS CONCLUDED THEIR 127TH SESSION HELD IN CAIRO TODAY. PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, LED HIS COUNTRY'S DELEGATION TO THE MEETING. THE ARAB MINISTERIAL COUNCIL HAS DRAFTED THE AGENDA OF THE FORTHCOMING ARAB SUMMIT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR RIYADH ON 28 - 29 MARCH. THE COUNCIL URGED THOSE ARAB COUNTRIES WHO HAVE NOT ENDORSED THE DRAFT STATUTE OF THE ARAB SECURITY AND PEACE COUNCIL TO EXPEDITE MEASURES OF ACCREDITING THE DOCUMENT. ON PALESTINE, THE COUNCIL CONDEMNED THE CONTINUATION OF ESCALATION OF BRUTAL ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, NOTING THAT THE PALESTINIAN UNITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL PROJECT. --MORE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS CONCLUDE MEETING 2 CAIRO THE COUNCIL CALLED FOR ARAB COMMITMENT TO FAIR AND COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AS A STRATEGIC OPTION AND THAT THE PEACE INITIATIVE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ONE THAT COULD NOT BE FRAGMENTED AND COULD NOT BE REACHED UNLESS ISRAEL COMPLETELY WITHDRAW FROM THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES SINCE 1967, THE INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE BE FORMED WITH AL-QUDS AS ITS CAPITAL AND THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES PROBLEM BE RESOLVED ACCORDING TO THE 194 RESOLUTION WHICH REJECTED ALL FORMS OF SETTLEMENT. THE COUNCIL VOICED SUPPORT FOR MAKKAH AGREEMENT CALLING FOR A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT AND CALLING ON THE QUARTET TO RESUME A SERIOUS WORK FOR ACHIEVING PEACE IN THE REGION ACCORDING TO THE ROAD MAP PLAN, ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY RESOLUTIONS. THE STATEMENT CALLED ON THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO LIFT ALL FORMS OF SIEGE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND TO SECURE THE DELIVERY OF ASSISTANCE TO THEM. THE COUNCIL STRONGLY DENOUNCED THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST AL-AQSA MOSQUE AND CALLED FOR THE HALT OF EXCAVATION WORKS UNDERNEATH THE MOSQUE WHICH AIM AT ALTERING THE ISLAMIC IDENTITY OF THE CITY. --MORE
