By KUNA,
Cairo : Arab foreign ministers kicked off their 134th council meeting at the Arab League headquarters in the Egyptian capital on Thursday, discussing a range of issues that require joint Arab action, predominantly the Middle East peace process.
Heading the Kuwaiti delegation in these talks is Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan Abdulaziz Al-Roudhan.
Current Chair of the talks, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and former chair his Somali counterpart, Yousif Hasan Ibrahim both made keynote speeches, along with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Maliki presented to the ministers a report on the latest developments on the direct talks with the Israelis.
Meanwhile, talks are ongoing on preparations for the Arab Economic Summit in Egypt early next year, while the ministers are looking into an Egyptian recommendation on Arab-Afghan relations and creating an Arab information ministers executive office.
The ministers are also set to allocate a special meeting to discuss preparations for an Extraordinary Arab Summit scheduled in the Libyan city of Sert on 9 October, during which the recommendations of a mechanism for joint Arab action and Arab neighbouring nations union are to be discussed.
Furthermore, the ministerial council tasked with monitoring developments in Somalia welcomed the efforts of the country’s President and his government on initiating national reconciliation stemming from the Djibouti Agreement.
The council pledged a sum of USD 10 million to assist the country’s administration in its rebuilding of institutions and regaining security and stability.
A ministerial council tasked with Sudan, welcomed a Kuwaiti suggestion to host an international donors’ conference in between 1-2 December. Also, the efforts of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development were praised.
The council also later discussed South Sudan’s referendum on the right of self-determination, stressing the need to support peace, development and the unity of Sudan.