The Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa's spokesman
Alaa Roushdi on Wednesday said the Arab foreign ministerial
meeting, held on September 5, adopted a resolution and reiterated
its adherence to the one-China policy.
Roushdi told Xinhua that the resolution reaffirmed that the Arab
countries stick to the one-China policy and attach great importance
to strengthening relations with China in various fields.
The resolution also welcomes the Amman Declaration, released by
the second Sino-Arab cooperation Forum businessmen conference held
in Jordan in June, and the proposals from the fourth Sino-Arab
Cooperation Forum senior official meeting held in the Cairo-based
AL headquarters.
The resolution asks the AL secretariat to make coordination
between the Arab and the Chinese sides to prepare for the seminar
on Arab-China relations and Arab-China civilizations slated for
December 1-3 in Saudi Arabia, as well as the Arab-China press
cooperation forum to be held in China this year.
It welcomes the suggestion that China hosts the first Arab-China
energy cooperation conference, while Sudan hosts the second
one.
The resolution also supports the suggestion that Bahrain hosts
the third Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum at the foreign minister level
on May 21-22, 2008, and Tunis hosts the seminar on Arab-China
relations and Arab-China civilizations in 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2007)
