Arab peace initiative not negotiable: Mussa

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

CAIRO (AFP) — Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa said on Sunday that an Arab peace initiative stipulating that Arabs normalise ties with Israel in exchange for a full withdrawal from occupied land was not negotiable.

"The Arab initiative is not open for review," Mussa told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo.

"Any twisting of the Arab initiative will cause great harm to the Palestinian cause and can affect any movement towards a just peace," he said.

"Go back to the Arab initiative and you will see how flexible and balanced it is," he added.

Mussa was responding to comments made earlier this week by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who said the Jewish state cannot accept the Arab initiative as it stands.

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