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BAGHDAD, May 17 (Xinhua) — Arab leaders on Saturday called for an immediate end to the war in the Gaza Strip and expressed their opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians.
In the final statement of the 34th Arab League summit, which opened earlier in the day in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the leaders of the league’s 22 member states demanded “an immediate end to the war in the Gaza Strip and all hostilities that aggravate the suffering of the civilian population.”
The statement calls on the international community, in particular influential countries, to fulfil their moral and legal obligations to stop the bloodshed and ensure unimpeded humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.
The Arab League leaders also reiterated their opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians, which violates international law, the statement said.
They called on all countries to provide political, financial and legal support for the reconstruction and rehabilitation plans for the Gaza Strip, and welcomed Iraq’s call for a fund to be created for the reconstruction of Gaza.
According to the statement, the heads of state reaffirmed that the Palestinian issue remains the central concern of the Arab nation and the key to regional stability. They fully support the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including freedom, self-determination and the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, the document added.
The statement emphasizes that Arab leaders condemn all illegal measures and actions by Israel against the Palestinian people and depriving them of their right to freedom, life and human dignity.
The leaders supported Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s call to convene an international peace conference and take steps to implement a two-state solution.
The statement also touched on other issues in the Arab world, including Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Yemen, and reiterated Arab leaders’ condemnation of terrorism in any form, especially the terrorist attacks of the Islamic State group.
The summit was attended by leaders and senior diplomats from 22 LAS member states, as well as representatives of regional and international organizations. –0–