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ABU DHABI, Dec 6 (KUNA) - Leaders of six Arab Gulf countries reiterated
support to UAE's sovereignty over three islands occupied by Iran since early
1970, calling on Tehran to solve this dispute via direct negotiations or
seeking the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
In a draft final communique, the leaders regretted lack of progress in
contacts with the Iranians to ending the occupation of Greater and Lesser
Tonbs and Abu Moussa, in a drive to boost regional security and stability.
They called for seeking all peaceful means which guarantee the return of
the islands to the UAE.
The Gulf leaders, in their final communique, a copy of which seen by KUNA,
welcomed the agreements signed between the Sudanese government and rebel
groups in Doha, Qatar. They thanked the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa
Al-Thani for establishing a bank for the development in Darfur with a USD two
billion capital.
They voiced solidarity with Sudan and rejected measures taken by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) over the conflict in Darfur. They also
rejected ICC's accusations against Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.
The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) looked forward for the
self-determination referendum for South Sudan to preserving security and
stability in Sudan.
The leaders, in this regard, welcomed Kuwait's hosting of the international
donors' and development conference for East Sudan, and commended its outcome.
On terrorism, the leaders commended endeavors of member states to rejecting
terrorism and extremism. They called on the international community to
establish an international center to fighting terrorism, aimed at detecting
and monitoring terrorists to thwart their plans.
They praised Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for foiling terrorist plots which
aimed at destabilizing security and undermining security of citizens.
They underlined importance of tackling sources of terrorism financing.
The leaders of the six GCC countries called on Iraq to fully comply with UN
resolutions related to the invasion of Kuwait, including the maintenance of
border signs with Kuwait, finding the remains of Kuwaiti and third-country
missing, returning the Kuwaiti properties and national archives.
They called on the need to respecting the unity, independence and
territorial safety of Iraq, and not interfering in its internal affairs.
On Lebanon, the leaders of the Gulf States commended the government of
Beirut to cementing security and stability, and national unity.
They called on the political forces to live up to their historic
responsibilities to ending their problems through dialogue and in line with
the constitution.
They praised the visit by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Syrian
President Bashar Al-Assad to Beirut, designed to boosting national
conciliation and domestic stability.
They also commended the visit by the Qatari Amir Sheikh Hamad Al-Khalifa to
Lebanon, which was related to the opening of development projects.
On the other hand, the GCC summit extended backing to security, stability
and territorial unity of Somalia. They called on all parties concerned to
cooperate and heal their wounds in a bid to end sufferings of Somalis to
achieve national unity.
The Gulf leaders supported the Pakistani people in their ordeal resulted
from floods. They called on the international community extend every possible
backing to the victims of the floods.
They, however, called on South and North Korea to exercise self-restraint
and solving their problems by dialogue and diplomacy. (end)
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