Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Bans Normalization of Ties with Israel
Tehran (Basirat) :The 29th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union’s conference has banned any normalization of ties with Israel despite explicit opposition by three major Arab states.
While the delegations attending the conference were discussing a draft version
of the final declaration, representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirate and Egypt openly voiced their objection to one of the articles in the
draft which calls for a ban on any normalization of ties with the Zionist regime
of Israel.
"Despite the objections, Atef Tarawneh, Speaker of the House of Representatives
of Oman who chaired the conference, rejected the three states’ demand to exclude
the ban and once again underlined his country’s opposition to any normalization
of ties with Israel,” a report by Tasnim news agency said.
He said all Arab nations are against any normalization of ties with Israel and
the Arab parliament must accept the public will of the nations.
Delegates from Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian have already put their weight
behind the ban on any normalization of ties with Israel and called on all Arab
states to remain committed to it.
Kuwait Parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim also underlined the urgency to
include the ban in the draft of the final declaration.
In an address to the conference, al-Ghanim urged the participating delegations
to support Jordan’s stance on normalization of ties with Israel.
"The enemies don’t even like we talk about Palestine in our conferences,” he
said angrily.
Al-Ghanim then called for diplomatic efforts to support the Palestinian cause
and said "al-Quds has been our capital and will remain so in the future. Anybody
who wants to support al-Quds should adopt practical measures.”
Finally, the article banning the normalization remained unchanged following
extensive and hot discussions held among the participating delegations.
"One of the main steps to support our Palestinian brothers is to stop any
convergence and normalization of tie with the occupying regime of Israel. There
should be resolute and long steps in fight against any effort to normalize ties
with Israel,” the article reads.
The 29th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union’s conference kicked off Sunday in
Jordan’s capital Amman with the main theme of "al-Quds, the permanent capital of
Palestine”.
The two-day conference brought together parliament speakers and lawmakers from
Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia , Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq,
Yemen, the UAE, Bahrain and many other Arab states.
Source:IFP