Arab League : Gaza situation tops Kuwait economic summit agenda

Kuwait, January 16, SPA -- The Arab League Council decided, at its
ministerial meeting here today, to put the Israeli aggression on Gaza
Strip top of the draft agenda of the Arab economic summit to be
hosted by Kuwait next Monday.

In addition to discussions about the developments of the Israeli
military aggression on Gaza Strip and its serious repercussions, the
Council also decided to go-ahead with its scheduled agenda at the
Arab economic, social and development summit in Kuwait. To combine
the two major interests, the summit's slogan will also read as
"Solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza", calling for
establishment of a fund for the reconstruction of Gaza.
The remarks were made to Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) by the Director
of Arab World Department at Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Jassim Almubarki.
He added that the joint preparatory meetings held by the Arab
Foreign ministers and senior officials discussed the draft
resolutions of the Kuwait Declaration and the decisions which will be
issued at the summit in addition to a number of decisions adopted by
officials in their preparatory meetings.