By Xinhua
Buenos Aires : Saudi Arab said Wednesday that Arab states would reconsider their stance if Israel continued its inaction of implementing the Annapolis deal reached last year.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, who was attending a South America-Arab foreign ministers meeting in the Argentine capital, said Arab countries have taken active actions to support the Mideast peace process in a bid to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace with Israel.
However, the Arab world would scale back support for the Annapolis deal if Israel continued its settlement expansion in the West Bank, al-Faisal said.
At the Annapolis conference last December, both Palestinians and Israel vowed to implement the U.S.-brokered road-map plan, which demands the Palestinians crack down on militants and Israel halt Jewish settlement activity. But nothing significant has been achieved since.
The minister urged the international community to take a just stand toward conflicting parties in the Palestinian-Israeli issue, saying it was unfair if the international community allowed Israeli expansion while slapping sanctions on the Palestinians.
Foreign ministers from South American and Arab countries met here for a two-day meeting to discuss cross-regional ties.