In a statement to KUNA and Kuwait TV upon arriving in Sirt to head his country’s delegation in the preparatory ministerial meeting for the summit, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad said the summit is being held in light of a "vicious Zionist attack" on Islamic holy places in Palestine.
Continuous Israeli aggression in Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque places the summit against a major challenge, Kuwait’s top diplomat said, adding "we saw in the last few days other nations’ reactions regarding Israeli ‘recklessness’ in its international relations, as the United Kingdom has expelled an Israeli diplomat and the Middle East Quartet issued a strong-worded statement regarding building of settlements in East Jerusalem, as well as statements by US President Barack Obama on the matter." These stances are crucial, yet not enough, "as we are looking forward for words to be manifested on ground," he said.
The Libya summit should deliver a clear message to the world, that is Arabs desire peace, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad noted, underscoring at the same time that Arab, and chiefly Palestinian reconciliation, should also take place.
He indicated that first steps for such reconciliation took place during the Kuwait Economic Summit on January 2009 under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, hoping for them to continue in the Libya summit.
