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Arab-African summit ends with Sirte Declaration

Arab World Materials 11 October 2010 04:31 (UTC +04:00)
The second Arab-African summit closed on Sunday in the Libyan city of Sirte with the participating countries reaffirming commitment to promoting relations, boosting cooperation and establishing the strategic partnership between African and Arab nations, Xinhua reported.
Arab-African summit ends with Sirte Declaration

The second Arab-African summit closed on Sunday in the Libyan city of Sirte with the participating countries reaffirming commitment to promoting relations, boosting cooperation and establishing the strategic partnership between African and Arab nations, Xinhua reported.

Hosted by the Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi, the summit which attracted more than 60 Arab and African leaders focused on regional cooperation on energy water resources, infrastructure investment, food security and agriculture, and regional issues on security, fighting terrorism and coordination in international affairs.

The participating leaders inked a series of agreements on cooperation including Africa-Arab Partnership Strategy, Joint Action Plan 2011-2016 and the Resolution for the Establishment of the Joint Africa-Arab Fund for Disaster Response.

The summit also issued Sirte Declaration to reiterate commitment to enhancing Africa-Arab relations, boosting cooperation between Arab and African nations and establishing the strategic partnership.

The declaration expressed stance of Arab and African leaders on regional and international issues of common concerns and interests, including Sudan's peace process and the Palestinian cause.

The leaders said they satisfied with the joint efforts of Arab and African countries in strengthening Arab-African links.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who chaired the first Arab- African summit held in Cairo in 1977, called on Arab and African countries to place bilateral cooperation, within the framework of Arab League (AL) and African Union (AU), on the top priority.

The African and Arab countries need to work together to address common challenges, including food crisis, climate change, energy price fluctuations, deterioration of economic environment for developing countries and bloody clashes in some regions, Mubarak said.

The participating leaders also vowed to protect the Arab and African nations from threats of nuclear and mass destruction weapons and denounced all forms of terrorism and organized crimes.

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