The “Jeddah Declaration” appreciates Saudi Arabia’s keenness to work to achieve stability in the region and to enhance Arab cooperation
281 Saudi soft loans to Arab countries amounting to 20 billion dollars
The Muslim World League condemns the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli occupation
Draft G7 statement: Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon
Turks start voting abroad in the presidential election run-off
Taiwan president: War with China ‘not an option’
Zelensky arrives in Hiroshima to attend the Seven Summits
Saudi newspapers dealt with a number of separate issues, but focused on the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said, “The Jeddah Declaration” emphasized the centrality of the Palestinian cause, and called for giving priority to the language of dialogue and unifying the ranks to resolve the Sudanese crisis, and welcomed the return of Syria to its Arab surroundings, and supported everything that guarantees the security and stability of Yemen, urging all Lebanese parties to elect a president for the republic.
And Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, announced the adoption of the “Jeddah Declaration” after the approval of Arab leaders at the conclusion of the “Jeddah Summit” that was held on Friday.
The “Jeddah Declaration” stressed the importance of strengthening joint Arab action based on foundations, values, common interests and a single destiny, and the need to unify the word, join hands and cooperate in maintaining security and stability, protecting the sovereignty of Arab countries and the cohesion of their institutions, preserving their achievements, achieving further advancement of Arab action and benefiting from The human and natural resources that the region has to deal with the challenges of the new era in a way that serves the goals and aspirations towards a promising future.
The declaration referred to the necessity of creating conditions, investing opportunities, strengthening and consolidating partnerships and consolidating understandings between Arab countries on the basis of common interests, cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals, implementing ambitious development visions through a comprehensive renaissance in all fields to keep pace with global developments, and creating a future that meets the hopes and aspirations of the Arab peoples.
The “Jeddah Declaration” reaffirmed the centrality of the Palestinian cause as one of the main factors of stability in the region, and condemned in the strongest terms the practices and violations that target Palestinians with their lives, property and all their existence, stressing the importance of intensifying efforts to reach a comprehensive and just settlement of the Palestinian cause, and finding a real horizon to achieve Peace on the basis of the two-state solution in accordance with international references, foremost of which is the Arab Peace Initiative, relevant international resolutions and principles of international law.
With regard to the Sudanese crisis, the leaders expressed their deep concern about the repercussions of the crisis on the security, safety and stability of the Arab countries and their peoples. External interference in Sudanese affairs fuels conflict and threatens regional peace and security.
The newspaper said, Turkish citizens residing abroad will start casting their votes today (Saturday) in the run-off of the Turkish presidential elections.
The current Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won the majority of votes in the first round, which was held on May 14, but he narrowly failed to achieve the absolute majority of more than 50 percent, forcing him to go through a run-off.
Erdogan is in a run-off against his opponent, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who finished second.
In Turkey, 61 million voters will go to the polls on May 28 to choose between candidates. This will be the first time in Türkiye’s history that a second round will take place.
For her part, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Saturday to maintain the status quo of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait amid high tensions with China, which is ramping up military pressure on the democratically-ruled island.
In a speech delivered at the presidential office in Taipei on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of her accession to power, Tsai said that Taiwan will not be provoked and will not succumb to Chinese pressure.
Since Tsai took power in 2016, China has intensified its military and diplomatic pressure to force the island to accept Chinese sovereignty. Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and threatens to bring it under its control, by force if necessary.
As the newspaper reported, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Hiroshima, Japan today (Saturday) to attend the G7 leaders’ summit.
Live footage broadcast by several media outlets showed Zelensky getting off a French government plane.
Japan, which chairs the Group of Seven for this year, announced earlier today that Zelensky will attend the summit in the first city in the world to be attacked by an atomic bomb, at a time when nuclear threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin are causing instability in the West.
Zelensky is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron this weekend, diplomatic sources said.
And one of these sources stated that Zelensky is expected to arrive in Hiroshima starting today, provided that he participates (Sunday) in meetings with the leaders of the “Group of Seven” countries and the countries invited to the summit.
For his part, a French diplomatic source said that Zelensky arrived in Hiroshima on a plane provided by France, following a conversation with Macron, and “at the request of the Ukrainians.” He considered it important for the Ukrainian president to go to the summit of the League of Arab States in Saudi Arabia, and to the summit of the Group of Seven major industrialized countries.
The newspaper pointed out that the leaders of the Group of Seven stressed, on Friday, that Iran should not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, and said that Tehran should “stop supporting Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.” In a draft statement for the summit, held in Hiroshima, Japan, the leaders once again called on Russia to completely withdraw its forces from Ukraine, and stated that Moscow “started this war and can end it.”
They added, “We affirm that a just peace cannot be achieved without the complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces and military equipment, and that must be included in any call for peace.” They warned Russia from the site where the first atomic bomb used in the war was dropped in 1945 that even the threat of using nuclear weapons is unacceptable.” They also pledged to continue providing support to Ukraine, including military support.
While Al-Riyadh newspaper said, The Saudi Fund for Development provided more than 281 soft development loans to implement development and economic projects and programs with a total amount estimated at more than $20 billion in 17 Arab countries in both Africa and Asia, and the Kingdom has a rich record of development bids towards Arab countries since 1975. Through the Saudi Fund for Development, which is its arm in international development, as it has provided 205 grant agreements through the Fund, estimated at more than $18 billion; To support multiple sectors in the various humanitarian, development and economic fields, in addition to partnership with international organizations.
The newspaper stated that, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chaired in Jeddah yesterday the meeting of the thirty-second regular session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level.
In his speech, the Crown Prince said: “We assure neighboring countries, and friends in the West and East, that we are moving forward for peace, goodness, cooperation and construction, in a way that achieves the interests of our peoples and preserves the rights of our nation, and that we will not allow our region to turn into fields of conflicts, and it is enough for us to turn the page on the past, remembering the painful years.” From the conflicts the region experienced, its people suffered from, and the development process faltered because of it.
For its part, Sabq newspaper said, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited the Prophet’s Mosque yesterday, performed prayers in it, and was honored to greet the Messenger – may God bless him and grant him peace – and his two companions – may God be pleased with them both.
He was received at the Prophet’s Mosque by the Undersecretary of the General President for Public Relations, Institutional Communication and Community Partnerships at the Agency for the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque, Jamaan Al-Asiri, and the commander of the Prophet’s Mosque Security Force, Colonel Miteb bin Naiman Al-Badrani, and a number of officials.
After that, President Al-Sisi left Medina, and he was seen off at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina, Deputy Governor of the Medina Region, Prince Saud bin Khalid bin Faisal, and the Commander of the Medina Region, Major General Fahd bin Saud Al-Juhani, and the Deputy Director of Police in the Medina Region, Major General Yusef. Al-Zahrani, the director of the Royal Protocol Office in the region, Ibrahim bin Abdullah Berri, and a number of civilian and military officials.
I mentioned above, the leaders of the Arab countries stressed the importance of strengthening joint Arab action based on foundations, values, common interests and a single destiny, and the need to unify the word, solidarity and cooperation in maintaining security and stability, protecting the sovereignty of states and the cohesion of their institutions, preserving their achievements, achieving further advancement of Arab action and benefiting from the elements The human and natural resources that our region enjoys to deal with the challenges of the new era in a way that serves the goals and aspirations towards a promising future for peoples and future generations.
This came in the “Jeddah Declaration” at the conclusion of the thirty-second regular session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level.
And Sabq newspaper reported that the Muslim World League condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by officials of the Israeli occupation.
The League called for the importance of collective action on the efforts of a just and comprehensive peace, strongly rejecting all practices that undermine the chances of a solution in the occupied territories, and reaffirming its firm support for all efforts aimed at resolving the issue of the Palestinian people, which is at the forefront of urgent international issues.
