Minister of Foreign Affairs Calls for Elaboration of Effective Partnership between Arab world, South American Countries 3 Riyadh For his part, Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi, the Secretary General of the Arab League, said the joint foreign ministers of Arab and South American countries meeting aims at endorsing Riyadh Declaration draft which includes a joint vision on political issues and cooperation in the economic fields prior to forwarding it to the 4th summit between the two sides set to begin in Riyadh tomorrow. He expressed hope the summit would make a turning point in the march of cooperation between the two groups. He describe relations between the two sides as deep-rooted, citing the common concepts and mutual respect as well as the UN charter. He considered the 4th business conference of the two sides which was held on the sidelines of the summit as one of the important fruits of the event. Then the closed working session started. --SPA 21:37 LOCAL TIME 18:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w