Egypt urges Indonesian support for Arab summit<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Egyptian Ambassador to Indonesia Mahmoud Osman
\ncalled on Indonesia yesterday to give its support for the Arab
\nsummit, which will be held in Cairo this weekend.<\/p>\n
"The Moslem world, within which Indonesia is the largest, as
\nwell as the Third World, should exhibit support by way of
\nreflecting solidarity with the Arab world," Ambassador Osman was
\nquoted as saying by Antara yesterday.<\/p>\n
"The Arab world is an organic entity, inseparable from the
\nlarger scheme of the Third World," he said.<\/p>\n
The ambassador held a press conference yesterday to explain
\nabout the Cairo summit which is held to forge Arab solidarity
\nfollowing the election of Israeli hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu's victory with an election platform hostile to any
\npeace with Palestinians and Israel's Arab neighbors threatens to
\nunravel the peace negotiations painfully established by the
\nprevious Labor government.<\/p>\n
The Egyptian envoy said one of the summit's objectives is to
\nstrengthen Arab countries' commitment to pursuing the peace
\nprocess. "The change of government in Israel should not change
\nthis reality because peace has reached a point of no return.<\/p>\n
"Although the Cairo summit reflects primarily the sense of
\nanxiety about the prospects of the peace process in the Middle
\nEast, it is my view that equal interest and involvement should be
\ndemonstrated by the Islamic world and the Third World," he said.<\/p>\n
Any obstacle to the peace process will inevitably have
\nnegative effects, one way or another, on the Islamic world,
\nespecially where the fate of Jerusalem, regarded by Moslems as a
\nholy site, is concerned, Ambassador Osman said.<\/p>\n
He praised Indonesia's firm stand, as recently reiterated by
\nMinister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas, that Jakarta will not
\nopen diplomatic ties with Israel until after the Palestinian and
\nMiddle East issues are fully resolved. (emb)<\/p>",
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