Jordan Times
Friday, August 4, 2006
King meets with Musa, urges
united Arab stand
AMMAN, August 4 (Petra) - His Majesty King Abdullah urged a united Arab stand on
Israel's onslaught on Lebanon during talks with Arab League Secretary General
Amr Musa.
"It is necessary to elaborate a united Arab stand to deal with the current
crisis in Lebanon," the King told Musa, according to the Jordan News Agency,
Petra.
The King also reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon "to spare
the Lebanese people further deaths and destruction".
Musa, who is on a regional tour to muster Arab efforts to end the violence in
Lebanon, earlier criticized the "paralysis" of the United Nations Security
Council and its inability to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
"All Arab and international efforts aimed at stopping the bloodshed in Lebanon
are blocked by the paralysis of the Security Council," Petra quoted Musa as
saying after talks with Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit.
Also yesterday, King Abdullah telephoned Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to
discuss the Lebanese crisis.
The King urged European countries to intensify their efforts to push for an
immediate ceasefire.