Arab League steps up coordination to halt Israeli violations and Iran’s blatant attacks

The Arab League is intensifying Arab coordination to confront what the meeting described as Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories and blatant Iranian attacks against several Arab states.

Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji attended the League’s 166th regular ministerial session in Cairo on behalf of Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. The meeting reviewed the course of joint Arab action and ways to develop its mechanisms in line with the aspirations of member states and their peoples.

Ministers discussed developments across the Arab region and on the international scene. They highlighted the need to stop Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories and Iranian attacks that had targeted civilians and vital facilities in a number of Arab countries.

The talks also covered the security and safety of international waterways and the need to guarantee freedom of maritime navigation. Participants called for the Strait of Hormuz to return to its normal status and for stronger security and stability across the region.

The meeting was attended by Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the Arab League, Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Matar. The supplied report also begins a section on confronting settlement activity and displacement, but the text ends before providing further details.