MADRID,(SANA)_ King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain opened Thursday in Madrid the Arab House and Spanish Political Conference with the participation of Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Tunisia, Yemen, Iraq and Jordan.
King Carlos, who heads council of Secretaries in the Arab house, hoped this conference would be the starting point for an Arab-Spanish ministerial forum and a framework for political interaction for reaching joint stances in future.
Al-Moallem, in a speech he delivered, underlined importance of reviving the Arab-Europe dialogue, touching upon the important role that Spain is playing as " a bridge between the Arab and Europe in understanding the region's causes."
He called for reviving the Middle East peace process with the aim of reaching a just and comprehensive settlement that ends the Israeli occupation of the occupied Arab territories in the Golan and Palestine.
" This step, that represents a practical means for bolstering the ties between the Arab countries and Spain and a permanent framework for the Arab-Spain meeting for exchanging ideas, consultation and cooperation, is a very important," Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said.
He underlined necessity of Europe to shoulder a more dynamic role towards a number of causes on top of which is the Middle East peace process and offering the necessary aid to the
Palestinian government.
The Ministerial declaration of the conference stressed the dire need for finding a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The declaration underlined necessity for resuming peace talks on the Syrian-Israeli track with the aim of reaching a just and comprehensive settlement, expressing readiness for working to achieve that in the framework of an international conference brings all related states, concerned regional parties and members of the international community together.
Regarding Iraq, it expressed support to the Iraqi government to achieve its missions and commitments towards the Iraqis through a real national reconciliation, calling all Iraqis political powers to work together in favor of a united, independent and of sovereign Iraq.
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