JEDDAH 17 July (Online): Leaders of Arab countries have vowed to keep the Gulf region free of mass destruction weapons and preserve regional and international stability and security.
The resolve was expressed at a joint communique at the conclusion of Jeddah Security and Development Summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia with participation of six Gulf Cooperation Council countries plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.
The leaders reaffirmed their keenness to strengthen efforts to combat terrorism and extremism and prevent the armament and financing of terror groups.
Earlier addressing the summit, the leaders stressed the need to resolve the Palestine issue.
They said the only solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict is to guarantee the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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