The special summit of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference announced in its final session in Doha its categorical rejection to
launching a war against Iraq. It called in a statement on the Arab states not
to take part in any military action aimed at Iraq or any Islamic country.
Concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, the statement, once again,
called for honoring Kuwait's security and sovereignty and territorial integrity
within the internationally recognized borders and called for the importance of
halting negative media campaigns in order to create positive atmospheres
between the two states.
The statement also encouraged the resumption of dialogue between Iraq and
Kuwait concerning the Kuwaiti prisoners and missing since the Gulf war of 1990.
However, earlier in the day and at his capacity as the current president of the
OIC current rotating summit, the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani
opened in Doha the emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference
at Doha, which was to concentrate on the Iraqi crises.
Warning that the military solution will cause suffering and conflict that may
lead the region to unpredictable danger, Sheikh Hamad said, In a speech he
delivered at the opening session, that it is important to exert all peaceful
means to solve the Iraqi crises.
He stressed that Israel is seeking to exploit the international circumstances
to destroy peace through the use of military power against the Palestinians.