ALGERIA: ARAB LEADERS BEGIN ARRIVING IN ALGIERS ONE DAY AHEAD OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT

Record ID: 574573

  • Title: ALGERIA: ARAB LEADERS BEGIN ARRIVING IN ALGIERS ONE DAY AHEAD OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT
  • Date: 20th March 2005
  • Summary: (W3) ALGIERS, ALGERIA (MARCH 21, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. GV OF ALGIERS 0.09 2. SV PULL OUT FLAGS LINED UP IN STREET OF ALGIERS 0.23 3. SV/CU EXTERIOR OF SUMMIT VENUE; SUMMIT POSTERS (3 SHOTS) 0.37 4. LV/SLV/SV OF ALGIERS STREET WITH FLAGS; SECURITY IN STREETS (3 SHOTS) 0.56 5. SLV OF SECURITY OUTSIDE PRESS VENUE; POLICE CHECKING CARS; POLICE VAN IN STREET (2 SHOTS) 1.07 6. LV OF STREET CORNER WHERE POLICE VAN IS PARKED (2 SHOTS) 1.18 7. SV LIBYAN PRESIDENT MUAMMAR GADDAFI SEATED WITH ALGERIAN PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA IN ALGIERS AIRPORT UPON HIS ARRIVAL FOR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT 1.32 8. SV OF GADDAFI AND BOUTEFLIKA 1.46 9. SV/SLV GADDAFI LEAVING AIRPORT, SURROUNDED BY SECURITY; GADDAFI'S CAR LEAVING AIRPORT (2 SHOTS) 2.04 (W3) ALGIERS, ALGERIA (MARCH 20, 2005) (REUTERS) 10. SLV OF NEWS CONFERENCE HELD BY ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSSA, FOLLOWING THE END OF A FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING 2.10 11. MCU (Arabic) ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELAZIZ BELKHADEM, SAYING: "Algeria, the country of martyrs, will not be the venue to normalise relations with Israel and the Algerian Summit will not be a summit for normalisation (of relations with Israel)." 2.22 12. SV PRESS CONFERENCE 2.25 13. MCU (Arabic) MOUSSA SAYING: "Israel, until now, is continuing to build settlements. Until now they are still building the wall. Until now they have not fulfilled their commitments made in Sharm El-Sheikh to withdraw from (Palestinian) land. Until now we have not seen a clear commitment to implement the Road Map, so I think that the right way and the right policy, and this is a message to (Israeli Foreign Minister) Silvan Shalom, is to follow everything step-by-step, implementation for implementation, progress for progress." 3.04 14. SLV OF CONFERENCE 3.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
  • Country: Algeria
  • Reuters ID: LVA9RGSHAMEN78H4QCOO9QGBBNQJ
  • Story Text: Arab leaders begin arriving in Algiers one day ahead
    of Arab League Summit.



    Leaders of Arab countries began to arrive in Algeria
    on Monday (March 21, 2005) ahead of an annual Arab League Summit
    scheduled to be held in the country's capital.

    Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi was one of the first
    of the leaders to arrive on Monday. The summit is scheduled
    to begin on Tuesday (March 22) and will be held for two
    days.

    Security was tight in the streets of Algiers as police
    searched cars and guarded the summit's venue.

    Foreign ministers from the attending Arab countries
    already held meetings on Saturday (March 19) and Sunday
    (March 20) to lay down the groundwork for the summit.

    At the close of the foreign ministers' meeting on
    Sunday, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa summed up
    the outcome of the talks, saying that the summit will not
    be used as a meeting to discuss the normalisation of
    relations with Israel.

    "Israel, until now, is continuing to build settlements.

    Until now they are still building the wall. Until now they
    have not fulfilled their commitments made in Sharm
    El-Sheikh to withdraw from (Palestinian) land. Until now we
    have noT seen a clear commitment to implement the Road Map,
    so I think that the right way and the right policy and
    this is a message to (Israeli Foreign Minister) Silvan
    Shalom, is to follow everything step-by-step,
    implementation for implementation, progress for progress,"
    Moussa said.

    "Algeria, the country of martyrs, will not be the venue
    to normalise relations with Israel and the Algerian Summit
    will not be a summit for normalisation (of relations with
    Israel)," Abdelaziz Belkhadem added.

    This year's summit comes as the Arab League celebrates
    is sixtieth anniversary.


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