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Shaath: Gaddaffis behavior insulting
[Ma'an] Member of Fatah's Central Committee Nabil Sha'ath said Sunday that the Palestinian delegation at the Arab League summit is indignant over Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaffi's treatment of President Mahmoud Abbas. "This was the result of the strange and inappropriate decision on Gaddaffi's part to not greet President Abbas at the airport upon his arrival in Serit, as he did with all other Arab leaders," Sha'ath told Ma'an Radio during a telephone interview. Gaddaffi was named the latest rotating president of the Arab League on Saturday, taking over from Qatar. Sha'ath said the summit was named after Jerusalem to respond to Palestinian concerns and "they [the summit's conveners] are required to produce decisions on a par with its name." He added that Arab leaders are faced with "either US option or the Jerusalem option." The Fatah member added that in spite of the "bold speeches" on Jerusalem at the summit's opening session, "the outcome will not live up to what Palestinians require unless these words are harnessed in the service of Jerusalem and made the interests of the sponsors of peace, and a bargaining chip to achieve a just solution in the region." On Saturday, Arab media speculated that Abba's discontent at this year's summit was related to the intervention of Arab mediators to prevent the Palestinian delegation from an early departure. The 22nd Arab League summit began Saturday in Serit, with its secretary-general, Amr Moussa, asserting that the withdrawal of the Arab Peace Initiative, that offers the normalization of relations with Israel pursuant to the creation of a Palestinian state on 1967 borders, would be discussed at the symposium. Posted by: Fred 2010-03-29 |
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