GCC Secretary General, Foreign Minister Hold Press Conference 3 Jeddah

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For his part, Adel bin Ahmad Al-Jubeir, Minister of Foreign Affairs, talked about ongoing negotiations in Kuwait, pointing out that the negotiations are being held on the basis of the GCC initiative, outputs of the national dialogue and decision no. 2216 of the Security Council. "There are several paths have been agreed upon with respect to withdrawals, delivery of arms and state institutions in Yemen. There are existing negotiations between the concerned parties," Al-Jubeir added. He hoped to achieve further progress in Yemen, pointing out that the Kingdom is working to provide border area for entering humanitarian aid and medicines to Yemen. "From time to time, there are breaches of ceasefire, but we have to focus on finding a political solution to the Yemeni crisis leading to more security, stability and prosperity that serve everyone in the region," Al-Jubeir said, disclosing the Kingdom's support for the ongoing negotiations in Kuwait. He stated that the economic and development affairs commission approved by the GCC leaders will be high and have powers for providing solutions, stressing that this commission aims to apply economic integration among the GCC countries. "In the past, several and different ministries dealt with the economic and financial issues in order to submit them to relevant committees for the leaders. This commission represents a quantum leap regarding the economic and financial issues among the GCC states," Al-Jubeir added. Regarding the Israeli president's remarks about the Arab peace initiative, the minister of foreign affairs said: "the current peace initiative is emphasized by all Arab summits with knowledge of Israelis. While the Israeli president declared readiness to discuss the peace process, this opens up a line of talks with the Palestinian side in order to reach a peaceful solution based the Arab peace initiative." He added that the time is early to evaluate seriousness of the Israeli side to start negotiations based on the Arab peace initiative. "When the Israeli prime minister talked about the initiative, he was talking about some of provisions which are positive in his viewpoint, but he did not accept the Arab initiative as published in the media. But what is more important is to resume negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. These efforts were sponsored by the United States and so-called Quartet while the Israelis were rejecting these negotiations. Their stance may change with the Palestinian side in order to reach a solution of this conflict based on the Arab peace initiative with aim of establishment of Palestinian state with its capital in East Al-Quds," Al-Jubeir said. With regard to the Libyan affairs, the minister of foreign affairs explained that there is an international consensus that the unity government is the legitimate side in Libya. "There is a need that the House of Representatives is to ratify this government. The international community is waiting this matter," he added. "There are differences among the Libyan parties concerning ratification of this government. There are international attempts and efforts in order to reach convergence between the parties and various leaders in Libya to implement the agreement," he added. With regard to host Libyan groups and holding dialogues, Al-Jubeir added that these ideas are on the table. "We do not take any decision in this matter. The consultations are still existing among the Kingdom, the Arab nations and the international community to identify and find out what are the best means to push the process of reconciliation in Libya," he added. --More 20:48 LOCAL TIME 17:48 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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