He said he had a belief that this incident would
change the world behavior in the light of the voices calling for
the necessity that this new century should witness development in
the progress of stability, development and international
cooperation and to find lasting settlement to the chronic
problems, notably the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
On the
request of some Arab countries to hold an Arab emergency summit to
discuss the latest international developments, Alawi said
consultations among the Arab’s had increased due to the recent
incidents and some believed that these consultations were
sufficient and there was no need for a summit, instead
a meeting of the Arab Foreign Minister would be enough.
He said that
the statement of the last GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh
on the issue of terrorism was a renewal of previous Arab stands
with regard to terrorism. He noted that terrorism cannot stand
without the support of clandestine organisations and that Arab
countries were combating it because they are the most countries
harmed by
terrorism.
Alawi added that
Arab countries which paid costly think that there is now an
opportunity for each party in this world to bear its
responsibility to build an international community which is free
of these troubles.
On the facilities
which could be provided by the GCC countries to the United States
and the coalition which is being forged against terrorism, Alawi
said the GCC countries had old ties with the west, particularly
with Europe and the United States which was well demonstrated
during what was called the second Gulf War or the war of the
liberation of
Kuwait.
“It is normal the
Gulf countries respond generally or individually in what these
countries see as appropriate, saying that in this aspect in
particularly the GCC countries take a more balanced stand” he
said.
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