SUDANESE PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHEER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 18TH SESSION OF THE ARAB SUMMIT, ANNOUNCED THE OPENING MEETING OF THE 19TH SESSION. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, HE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE WARM WELCOME GIVEN TO HIM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION BY THE SAUDI OFFICIALS. CITING THE EFFORTS HE HAD EXERTING DURING THE 18TH SESSION OF THE ARAB SUMMIT, HE SAID EFFORTS WERE EXERTED TO LIFT THE UNFAIR SIEGE IMPOSED ON THE PALESTINIANS. HE NOTED THAT HE HAD SENT MESSAGES TO THE ARAB LEADERS TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES FOR HONORING THEIR COMMITMENT AS REGARDS SUPPORTING THE BUDGET OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. "THANKS TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH, THE ARAB LEADERS HAVE REITERATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IN LINE WITH THE DECISIONS ADOPTED AT KHARTOUM SUMMIT, HE SAID.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/436283