Alawi stressed that the Gulf countries were among
the first countries which had taken steps to trace and hinder the
terrorist organisations from getting financial support, noting
that the Sultanate and its sisterly countries had financial
systems with regard to transactions which prevent terrorist
organisations from receiving such support, saying that these
systems existed before the recent events and without request
from any party.
The Minister Responsible
for Foreign Affairs called upon Arab media not to run after
rumours of the Western media with
regard to linking terrorism sometimes with Arabs and
Muslims and which highlight what happens in the Arab occupied
lands and Palestine in terms of legal resistance against the
occupation as a type of
terrorism.
He said Arab media
should distinguish between its Arab cause and International
terrorism.
On whether the GCC
forthcoming summit which will be held in Muscat will focus on
terrorism issue and the recent developments, he said the summit
has a Gulf nature and the issue of combating terrorism was an
international issue and that any international effort to combat
terrorism would be in the context of the United Nations and not
else where.
On his views
on the causes of terrorism, Alawi said that there were several
reasons that each views them differently and they are not
restricted to the political side. “If we take the middle-east
issue, the Arab in this region of the world and Muslims alike
believe that the West had not worked to solve this problem on the basis
of justice…… and this is one of the reasons which should be
meticulously
considered.
On the U.S.
accusations to Osama bin Laden and its determination to strike
his organisation and the government of Taleban which harbors him
and on those who are asking for proof for U.S. accusations before
it strikes Afghanistan, Alawi said that for many years the world
had been hearing of Osama bin Laden’s activities and his
organisation as well as his link to many events that took place
in more than one region regardless of whether he was behind the
recent events or not.
He added that
those who were now seeking proof aimed to obstruct procedures
which will not happen.
Alawi rejected the
saying of those who think that the U.S. was determined to strike
some Arab countries under the justification of their cooperation
with terrorism, saying there is no Arab country that cooperates
with bin Laden’s organisation but rather Arab countries
themselves were the most affected by the acts of these
organisations, thus, striking an Arab country was something
improbable.
On the outcome of
the current crisis on the Omani and Arab economy, the Minister
Responsible for Foreign Affairs said that Arab countries were
part of the world which began to be affected by consequences of
this issue including the decline in oil prices and its impact on
economic projects.
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