Muscat – H E Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, headed Oman’s delegation at the 158th session of the Council of the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday.

The session began under the chairmanship of Libya with issues of Arab joint action, notably the Arab-Israeli conflict, featuring prominently on the agenda.

In his inaugural address, Libya’s delegate to the league Abdullatif Thabet said the exceptional conditions in the international arena require exerting more efforts to formulate a unified Arab stance to prevent affects of the instability and conflicts.

In his speech, H E Sayyid Badr referred to the central Arab issue of Palestine, stressing the importance of establishing a just solution for the Palestinian people by recognising the independent State of Palestine with its capital in East Jerusalem and full membership of the United Nations.

He also touched on Oman’s aspiration for Arab solidarity with the return of Syria to its seat in the League of Arab States, based on the belief that all countries are working to consolidate and strengthen ties towards achieving the ambition and desired goals.

The Omani delegation included H E Abdullah bin Nasser al Rahbi, Ambassador of Oman to Egypt and permanent representative to the Arab League, Faisal bin Omar al Marhoon, head of Department of Arab League, and several Foreign Ministry officials.