Arab Peace Initiative Committee Meets

 
Doha, July 14 (QNA) - The Arab Peace Initiative Committee opened meeting here today at the ministerial level under the chairmanship of HE  the Prime Minister and Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attending
​The closed meeting will discuss steps of the next Arab move at the United Nations and the tabled options and alternatives regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine and the request for its full membership in the United Nations.
The Committee also decided to assign the Arab Group at the United Nations to prepare for the steps of this move, to take
the necessary legal procedures and follow up all the related efforts and contacts to this effect communications in this regard.
​In its statement the Committee urged  the Chairman of the Committee, the Arab League Secretary-General, the State of Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and any other interested countries to follow up the situation and take what they see practical steps and necessary consultations and contacts to mobilize the support required from all world countries  and from the Security Council members  in order to secure the recognition the State of Palestine in accordance with the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as its full membership in the United Nations.
The final statement underlined the position taken by the Arab Ministerial Committee in its statement issued on 28 May 2011 , reminding in the meantime of the position expressed by the US President in his speech on 19 May 2011in which he called for  the achievement of peace on the basis of the two-state solution in accordance with the  4 June 1967 borders.
​The Committee reiterated the Arab position that the option of a just and comprehensive peace with Israel could not be  achieved without Israel's full withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories to the lines of 4 June 1967, including the occupied Syrian Golan and the remainder of occupied territories in southern Lebanon, the establishment of the independent State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital,  finding a just and agreed solution to the refugees problem in accordance with the UN resolutions of the international legality and  the Arab peace initiative as well as the any partial or phased solutions.
​The Arab Peace Initiative Committee decided that the meeting is to remain open for the follow-up of developments.
   The Committee held a ministerial meeting here today under the chairmanship of HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani with the participation of Arab League Secretary General Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi to discuss steps of a move at the  United Nations to get the recognition of  the State of Palestine and to request its full membership in the global organization.(QNA)