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No official proposal for postponing Arab summit: Ar.League

CAIRO, Feb 18 (KUNA) -- Arab League General Secretariat here confirmed Friday that it had not received so far official request from any Arab country to postpone the upcoming Arab summit, scheduled to be held in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, early next month. "We have not received any request from any member state in this regard," Head of the Arab League Secretary General's Office ambassador Hisham Youssef told (KUNA). This comes following media reports that the Arab League had decided to put off Baghdad summit sine die. Under the mechanism, approved by Cairo extraordinary Arab summit in 2000, the Arab summit is held regularly on a yearly basis each year in a different Arab capital. (end) mfm.ez.mmj.ibi KUNA 181506 Feb 11NNNN