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Officials: Arab summit meeting postponed
Not quite sure what this means, but it wont do the Arabs reputation for being (un)able to reach and stick to agreements any good. A summit of Arab leaders due to begin next week was postponed late Saturday because of unspecified disagreements, officials said. Arab leaders had hoped to use the conference, which was to begin Monday, to relaunch a peace initiative to Israel, and to submit their own proposals for political reforms. However, a preliminary meeting of Arab foreign ministers revealed deep differences over both issues; and Israelâs assassination of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Monday provoked widespread outrage in the Arab world, making it politically risky to pursue a peace initiative. A spokesman for the Tunisian foreign Ministry, Hatem bin Salem, told reporters "there are disagreements," but did not elaborate. Posted by: phil_b 2004-03-27 |
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