BEIRUT, MAR 30, SPA -- FORMER LEBANESE PREMIER NAJEEB MIKATI HAS HAILED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE SAUDI LEADERS TO MAKE THE ARAB SUMMIT SUCCESSFUL. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, HE SAID THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ BEFORE THE INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE SUMMIT HAS BRAVELY SHED LIGHT ON THE CAUSES OF DEFECTS IN THE ARAB NATION. IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECISIONS TAKEN AT THE SUMMIT, WE CAN SAY THE SUMMIT WAS THE SUMMIT OF ARAB SOLIDARITY', HE SAID NOTING THAT THE SUMMIT HAS SET UP THE ARAB WORLD ON THE PATH OF JOINT ARAB WORK SO AS TO ENABLE THEM CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS FACING THEM. UNDERLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE, MIKATI SAID THE SUMMIT, BY CALLING TO ACTIVATION OF THE INITIATIVE, IT HAS ACTUALLY DRAWN THE ROAD FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM. MIKATI SAID EVEN BEFORE THE CONVENING OF THE SUMMIT, SAUDI ARABIA EXERTED INTENSIVE EFFORTS TO ACTIVATE THE JOINT ARAB WORK. MIKATI SAID KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AT HIS SPEECH HAS WARNED AGAINST ESCALATION OF TENSION IN LEBANON AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT SEDITION IS ABOUT TO SHOW ITS TEETH.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/436932