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Ministers in emergency meeting
15/07/2006 11:19 - (SA)
Cairo - Foreign ministers of 18 Arab countries held an emergency summit in Cairo on Saturday over Israel's expanding assault on Lebanon - the worst Israeli attack on its neighbour in 24 years.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh presented his fellow Arab League members with a draft resolution condemning Israel's military offensive and supporting Lebanon's "right to resist occupation by all legitimate means".
The draft, a copy of which obtained by The Associated Press, also said the Arab League demanded the release of Lebanese captives and detainees in Israeli prisons, and supported Lebanon's right to "liberate them by all legitimate means".
Salloukh told reporters on Friday that he was "expecting Arab support from this malicious Israeli aggression".
"We call for mobilisation to remove the Israeli aggression from Lebanon, which is considered a sinful and barbaric attack that breaches the international conventions," he told reporters.
Salloukh also repeated his government's call for UN Security Council intervention.
Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa issued a statement on Friday calling on Israel to halt its military operations in Lebanon, and asking the UN Security Council to intervene.
He met late on Friday with UN officials in Cairo, including UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen.
- AP
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