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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Moussa warns against downplaying ME meet
| CAIRO — Arab League chief Amr Moussa warned yesterday against what he called Israeli attempts to lower expectations and downplay the political meaning of an upcoming US-sponsored conference on Middle East peace. “We must strongly resist attempts to drain the conference of its meaning and to lower expectations, which I see signs of in Israeli statements,” Moussa told the 22-member league. Otherwise, he told Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, there would be “further deterioration in the region.” The Sultanate’s delegation was headed by Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — who have been at odds over what exactly they want to achieve beforehand — are scheduled to meet several times to find common ground before the summit expected in November. Moussa warned against turning the summit into a “political demonstration without meaning” because “that would be very, very harmful to Arab interests and the regional situation.” The League also called for the inclusion of Syria and Lebanon at the November talks. The League “supports the international conference with the participation of all concerned parties including Syria, Lebanon and (the Palestinians) with the aim of launching direct negotiations... over a comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict in a defined timeframe,” the Arab foreign ministers said in a final statement after their talks. On Tuesday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Jordan’s King Abdallah, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in a bid to avert what he called “another lost opportunity” at the conference. Earlier yesterday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit met with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Cairo. The Jordanian king also held talks on the Mideast with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, the WAM state news agency reported. The two leaders discussed the Palestinian situation and the international efforts to activate the Middle East peace process, during a brief visit by the King Abdullah to the UAE, the agency said. — AFP/Reuters |
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Sanjay Dutt out of jail for a month
| Bollywood star sanjay Dutt, convicted of keeping illegal arms and sentenced to six years, will have to surrender on september 27 on expiry of his bail and will probably have return to jail, a court official said yesterday |
Rail Zone, TN and Kerala Minister to meet
| Prime Minister Manmohan singh has written a letter to Railway minister Lalu Prasad requesting him to convene a meeting of chief Ministers of Tamil nadu and Kerala to sort out the row arising out of the proposed creation of new railway division in Salem. |
Kerala to host intl film fest
| The 12th international filim festival of kerala will be held from December 7 to 14 here, a release said. The festival is being organised by kerala state chalachitra acadamy. Filims produced after september 1, 2006 are eligible for selection in the competition and malayalam section. |
Microsoft office opens in KOM
| Maqbool Ali Sultan, Minister of commerce and industries, said Oman has the potential to lead the region in the development of IT enabled services(ITes) sector. Oman is taking IT seriously as an economic enabler and the social transformer. |
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
H.M. the Sultan Receives More Condolences Cables Muscat, June 11 (ONA)--- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received more cables of condolences from leaders of brotherly and friendly countries on the victims of the tropical cyclone /Gonu/ which struck some regions of the Sultanate recently. His Majesty received the condolences cables from: President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President Pervez Musharaf, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, of the Philippines, President Amani Abeid Karume, of Zanzibar, Noori al-Maliki, Premier of the Republic of Iraq, Shawkat Aziz, Premier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Amr Moosa, Secretary-General of the Arab League. In their cables, they expressed their sincere condolences and true sympathy to His Majesty, the government, the Omani people and to the bereaved families, praying to the Almighty to give mercy to the victims and rest them in peace, grant the injured quick recovery and to protect His Majesty and the Omani people against any harm. |
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