5/20/2011Moussa lauds Obama's call for Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
CAIRO, Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa lauded here Friday the speech given by US President Barack Obama yesterday in which the latter called for the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
In regards to Obama's point of linking the US interest with the recent changes in the region, Moussa told a press conference here that the US administration should take the chance and open a new page of relations with the people of the region.
The Palestinian issue, said Moussa, has been the core of unrest in the Mideast and thus, the Palestinians are taking the chance to call for support from the world to recognize their rights, adding that the US should work within the context of the Obama speech to ensure that Palestinians gain their rights for an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
He stressed it was paramount to highlight the security of all nations in the region and not only focus on the security of Israel.
Moussa also lauded Obama's call to end the nuclear arms race in the region, making the Mideast a nuclear arms free-zone.
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