CAPITALS, Jan 21 (KUNA) -- A number of Arab papers and columnists and other media praised on Wednesday the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit which concluded in Kuwait on Tuesday.
Al-Watan Qatari paper said in its editorial that the economic, developmental, and social outcomes of the summit were considered an important Arab success and a roadmap for joint Arab action.
It quoted Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani as saying that the summit was a success since opening session.
Meanwhile, columnist Sultan Al-Hattab of Al-Rai Jordanian newspaper said the summit gathered Arab leaders, ended differences, and set the path for future joint Arab action.
Summits usually fail to yield practical results. However, this summit hosted in Kuwait discussed Arab projects and plans that are implement-able and which will be followed up, he added.
In the meantime, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Dustoor Jordanian paper and former information minister Nabil Al-Shareef said in an article that the important issues discussed made the event the "summit of Arab destiny".
He hoped Arab countries would follow up and execute the projects they agreed to.
Al-Dustoor's editorial also discussed the summit, saying it achieved a significant Arab economic accomplishment by approving several development projects.
The summit also succeeded in ending some Arab-Arab conflicts, it highlighted.
For his part, the economic editor of Al-Dustoor Yanal Barmawi said that the summit came up with a set of political and economic resolutions that truly reflected the ambitions of Arab people.
The economic editor of Al-Ghad Jordanian paper Jumana Ghunaimat said although politicians, media figures, and observers considered the Kuwait summit from a political perspective, the summit yielded economic and development achievement, especially on issues of youth, women, and children, as well as encouraging initiatives of the civil society
Meanwhile, Al-Ettihad newspaper of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that the summit came out with four "important" documents that focused on economic integration and political reform.
UAE's Al-Khaleej newspaper said that the summit contributed in "breaking the ice in Arab relations", launched a USD 2 billion fund for development, and duly focused on the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip.
The summit called for holding Israeli criminals of war accountable, praised the Palestinian resistance, and called for Palestinian conciliation on the basis of the initiative of King Abdullah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
In the meantime, Al-Bayan paper said the changed made in the past two days at the summit showed a shift from over-concern to optimism.
The unexpected Arab conciliation was the surprise of the summit, it added.
Akhbar Al-Arab paper said optimism was seen right from day one, with the Arab conciliation.
Arabs agreed on the importance of supporting and rebuilding Gaza Strip and working to try the Israelis before international courts specialized in war crimes and genocides, it said.(end) bmj.ris