Sharm el-Sheikh, Jumada II 9, 1436, Mar 29, 2015, SPA -- Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration emphasized the Arab solidarity in word and deed in dealing with the current developments in the region, and the absolute necessity to formulate common Arab positions in the face of all challenges. Arab leaders have vowed to join ranks and look into taking pre-emptive and defensive arrangements to maintain the Arab national security, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Araby has said. The "Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration" adopted during the two-day 26th Arab Summit that came to a close on Sunday, pointed to the "challenges related to the criminal practices of terrorist and violent groups taking religion a cover for their brutality." According to the Declaration read by Al-Araby in the Egyptian resort, the leaders decided to hold all available choices open, including coordinating efforts for the formation of an Arab joint force "to counter the existing challenges and maintain the Arab national security, as well as defending our safety, joint future and our peoples' expectations." This goes in line with the Arab League Charter, the Arab Joint Defense Treaty and the international legitimacy, it stressed. --More 16:12 LOCAL TIME 13:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w