A SUPREME POLITICAL COMMAND HAS BEEN FORMED BETWEEN SYRIA AND JORDAN

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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2009
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 22, 1975
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CAIRO MENA IN ARABIC 129 GMT 22 AUG 'I5 JN
tE~1BARGOE`D UNTIL 1115 G~1T TODAY)
CT~xT) DaMASCUS, ~~ AUGUST--A 5t1PRF.ME POLITICAL COM(~AND NAS
BEE:1 ~'0?i~ED BETuIEE'rd .SYRIA AyD JORDAN ~fEADED 8Y SYRIAN PR ESIDE'NT
KAFI~ AL- ASAD Af~D KIfdG kUSAYrd OF 'JORDAN..'
THIS' CAME Iv THE JQIr~T STATEMENT ISSUED .TODAY ON KING
NUSAYN' S VISII TO SYRIA.
THE aTATEME'n?T SAYS THAT TuE SUPREME POLITICAL COKiMAND COUNCIL
~~-ILL ISS-Jtr DErISIC~!S A~]D Ir1STR11CTI0NS ?1} THE RECOMM~'hOATIDNS ANA
P~OPUS.ALS SUi3i~ilTTi:,~ BY Tki. SU~'RE,'~1w MINISTERIAL COM(",ITTEE.
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.JOINT ,SYRIAN-JORDAi~IAN STATEMENT
JN221 !S 7 FOR YOUR INFORMATION
AM"lAN ArdD DA-~IASCUS 'RADIOS .IN ARABIC AT 1112 GM,T CN ~~ At1GiJ5T
'~QOK UP TO RELAY THE NE'~IS AND. TWE JOINT STAT)rM:.hT ISSUED GN
KT'VG uUSgyp~ S VISIT TO SYRIA. AT .1115 ~
B"GIN' CARRYI,~IG THE Ne.WS. SMT THE TWO RADIOS
CARRYIrZC TuE TEST OF TKE AT 1122 G~7T THE TWO RADIOS BEGIN
SI~lULTA~fEO~JS~.Y IN DAMASCUSjAND~gTE JOINT STATEMk.NT, ISSUED
Tug S~~,T~, r~?, .. n: '~MA'V AMONG OTHER THINGS
~1,~..?T SAYS: ?~,? F,,~;wr~~r veS 84E!`i REACHED ON T~fE FOLLOG,'It~r:
"1? THE FORMATION OF A SUPR~"ME POLITICAL COi-1rAND COMPOSI~'D
OF WIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT 4AFIZ AL-ASAD, PRESIDENT OF T4E'
SYRIAfd ARA3 REPU3LIC, ?ND wIS MAJESTY. KING HUSAYN IBN TALAL,
KING OF THE 'iASuEMTTE KINGDOM OF" JORDAN, TO $E CALLED THE SllPREt~E
SYRIAN-JOr~t7ANIA~1 CO~~IMAND COUNCIL.
"2. Tu!~ SUPREME COMA;AND COUNCIL SH
I?~STRUCTIONS AND IIIREGTIVES ON REGO~IMENDATIONSEANDCPROPQSALS
Rf=PERKED T? IT BY THE SUPREME MINISTERIAL COMi~ITTEE.
"3? T*~-E SUPRlrME COMMAND SsaALL ISSUE DECISIONS,
INSTRUCTIO"JS ArdO DIRECTIVES ON ALL MATTERS AND
~UESTIOt1S T~!AT TT `iVILL DISCUSS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING. THE FOLLt~WI(vG:
"A. TuE' APPROVAL QF THE' CDORDI(VATI011 OF THE POLICY OF THE .TWO
COU~ITRI`ES IN TWE.VARIOUS 4R A9 AND INTER"IATIONAL FIELDS, Tur
U'dIF'ICATTOrI OF THEIR STANDS REGARDI~lG ALl. ISSUES UNDER DISCUSSION, f?ND
T~!E RPPROVAL OF THE COORDINATION PLANS IN DRIER ?'O REACH
A UNIFIED FOREIaN POLICY F`OR T'~tE TWO. COUN?'tRIES;
"F3. DTSCUSSIDtd OF TKE ISSUES OF PEACE AND WAR AND PREPARIA~G TAE
JOI!~T AtiD COO,RDTyATE'D DECISIONS P.ND STANDS RE'G:4RDING THEM,?
"C. APPROVAL OF' THE' PLANS OF COORDINATION. AND. INTEGRATION! BE`T!~J~`EN
Tit.: T~JD Ar~ME.D :FOR^ES I N THE TWO COU~dTR I ES;
"D. D-?A~JING UP THE 3~~5 AND TAKING THE JOINT PdECESSARY t+1EAS-JR~'S
TO PROTECx THE DOMESTIC ~~_' M~.TIONAL SECUr~ITY OF THE T'~0 COUNTRIESr
AND TO PROTECT RELATIOAI_~;,~~#;ri;EN THEM;
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"E. APP:~OVAL OF TwE E'CONOMI^ POLICY INTr.ND~D TO
q~'NI~.VE I,rTEORATIO~d Ar!D UNITY BETvJEEit THE ECON~7MICS
flF ruE T,~O CDU"ITRIES TuRO~JGM COORDIrsATION OF THE ECONOMIC AN'J
SOGI4L DEVELOPir'~ELT PLANS AN7 'THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOTr~T ECOi~0":iC
GO-~1PA~iIES AND ESTAt3L.ISu~iENTS AS WELL AS THE Uf1IFICATTOh OF THE
MARKETS OF THE TWO GOU'~Tr~IES AND APPROVAL OF A l1NIFIED .CUSTOMS.
POLICY;
"F. APPROVAL OF AN E17UCATIONAL POLICY INTENDED TO
T)EEPEN NATIONAL FEELI~dGS AND TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF EDUCP.T?ON
IV A ~IANtiE`R THAT MILL LEAD. TO T~!E ArHIEVE~^ENT OF AN EDUrATICNAL
rRE`J"AISSANrE SERVI~r TKE GOALS OF TKE ARAB NATION IN BUILDING
AN ADVANCEt~ . SOCIETY; ;
"G. APPROVAL OF THE ?OLICY OF COORDINATION
AND INTEGRA'CION IN THE INFORMATI?N FIELD .IN ,THE E~iANN1rR THAT SERVES
TuE f;OALS OF T'~F ARAB NAT IOfid;
"4. THE SUPREME CO,MMAl~D COUNCIL
WILL. ~~EET ONyE EVERY 3 MONTHS OR ANY TIME IT IS DEEMED NECESS4RY.
"S. COORDI!~ATION AND COOPERATION AMONG THE.VOCATIONAL AND POPULAR,
ORGAiVI?`ATIOr1S IN THE TWO CQU'~TRIES, SUCH A5 THE WOMEN, WORKERS,
STUDErdTS, YOUTu AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS !a~ILL BE EFFE'CTED."
TIE TWO RADIOS END THEIR HOOKUP AT ! 1-00 GMT<
FURT~{E'R DETAILS AS AVAILABLE.
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ONLY ADD 33 CSYRI4N-JORDAF~IAN STATEMc.NT)
XXX FOR ITS OBJECTIVES.
CTEXT) IN T~tE FIELD OF BILATERAL RELATIONS: Ph~flCEEDIIIG FRCS'
T!dE UNITY OF FATE AND COAL, OUT DF THE BELIEF IN STEAD FASTty>=SS
TO COPE ~~IITu THE C'-~ALL.E(vuE RE'PRESF.ivTE'B 9Y TF1E DECISIVE A~dD
FATEFUL STRUGGLE ~IuiGu THE' AR AS NATION IS GiArlfdG IN DEFENSE
DF TTS LAND, HONOR, EXISTENCE, SECURITY AN7 FUTURE AGAINST ALL.
T~(E FOtIGES DF IMPERIALIST DOMIt`:ATIO?d AND RACIST ZIONISM;
PROCEEDING FROM A FACT MANIFESTED BY ARAB HISTORY, tdAMELY TuAT
TWE UNITY OF TuE ~-OMELAND AND THE CAPABILITIES IT PROVIDES At1u^
THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ;~1ILTTARY RESDU:RCES IT [SAKES A1,'ATLABLE
A:~4 THE DECISIVE REPLY TT TWE' IMP ERIQLIST AND ZIONIST CuALLEh'GES
AfID ARE THE i~E.ANS TO REGAIN DIGNITY, TO LIBERATE THE LAND,
AND .Tfl RcTRIEVE OUR iIIGHTS; ;U'' OF rHE DESIRE TO ACHTVE T"E
DESI:~L'D NATIO!~AL GOALS; DUT OF ruE D~'SIRE TO FULFILL THE ASPT~~TTr~~~
(7F THE ONE PEOPLE IN TH'E TGIO F~?ATE.?VP.L COUNTRIES; OUT OF T~-'E a~ST=:r
TO APPLY THE NATIOtJAL POLTrY DRA'~1N UP BY THE T~,dfl LEADEr~S---
HIS EXCELLE".CY PRE'SIDE'NT ~{Ari IZ AL-ASAD ANA HTS MAJESTY KIPWG
KUSAYh IBN TALAL--; OUT OF T'~E BELIE'F BY TWE T~~lO COUNTRIES I!~'
THEIR I"~EVITABLE UNITY .AND T~{E NEED TO ~IflRK TO RESTORE TuL SIT~~ATIC",
TO ~~IKAT XT 'WAS t3EFORE THc'. DIVISIONS EFFECTED BY FOREIGN I"PER TALTGh';
OUT OF ALL THIS, A;REEMENT HAS SEEri REACHED DN THE FOLLO~~tI"~G:
1. THE FORMATION OF A St1PREME' POLITICAL COMMAND Cfll"PCSED
OF wIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD, PRESIDENT OF THE' SYRIAN
ARAB REPUt3LIC, APda HTS MAJESTY KIyG HUSAYN I+3N TALAL, KI^IG CAF
TWE HASuEmITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN,: TO BE' CALLED THE SUPREP;E
SYRIAC~-JgRDANIAPI COi~IMAtdD COUN';IL.
2. THE SUPRE'Mr. COMMAP~D COUNCIL SHAL1. ISSUE DECISIONS,
IVSTt3UCTIOyS APd.D DIRE'CTIVE'S ON TKE RE'!;OMMEh1D4TION5 APED PRC?PQSAL~
REFEr~RED TO IT 3Y TuE SUPREME MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE.
3. T~iE SUPREME, COMf~A~~D ':OUh}CTL SHALL ISSUE DE'CISION5, .
INST~UWTIO!NS AVD DIRECTIVES ON ALL MATTERS AND CUMSTICGS TNaT
IT `MILL DISCUSS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING, TWE FOLLO?~IINC:
A. TuE APPROVAL OF THE COORDINATION DF THE POLICY OF THE TWO
COUNTRIES Ir? T~!E VARIOUS ARAB AND IIYTERh'ATIOhAL FIf{LDS, THE
UNTFICATIO!N OF TuE'IR STAtiDS REGAQJING ALL ISSUE'S U~~DER DI^CUSSICl~
AND THw APPROVAL OF THE COOTIDTNATION PLANS IN ORDER TO REACH
A UNIFIED FDREIxN POLICY FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES;
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S. DISCUSSTOrl OF THE ISSllE"S pF PE'ACE .4A~D WAR AhD h^,n~If~G TuE
JOINT. A"~~] r00rTDINATED )rfECI?IONS A~i~3 STANS REGA:RDIICG THEM;
C. APPROVAL OF THF, PLA1~5 OF COORDINATION AP,D INTE'G~iATI!'At
BET~IEE'~ THE T;dO AR"IED FOR^ES IN T'~E. ~`',d0 C0~,1NT~IES;
i~. DRAWIfiG UP THE BASES ANp 'CAKING THE NECESSARY JOINT
-~_ASURES TO Pr~OTECT THE DOMES~'IC AND NATIONAL SL'CURITY OF THE
TWO COUNTR IFS AND TO Pr~OTEGT RELATIONS 3ETWE~N THEM;
E APt'ROVAL OF TKE ECONOf~IC POLICY INTENDED TO ACHIEVE INTEGRATTOta
A~VD U;VITY BET~.dE'EN THE ECONO"IIES DF ruE T~dC COUNTRIES T!'~nL~G~
COORD I FIAT IDN OF THE ECONOMIC AhD SOCIAL' DE'VEI,OPiyENT PLA r~S A NO
Tr-1E' E'STA3LiSu+~1ENT OF JOINT ECON~MiC COMPANIES AN ESTABLiSWh'E'raTS
AS WELL AS THE UNIFICATION OF TctE MARKETS OF THE T+dO CCUNTRT'IS
A1I,O APPROVAL OF A UNIFIED CUcTQi~IS POLICY.
F. AAs~R~7VAL OF Aft EDllCATIOrdA.L POLICY Ir7TEra0ED TO DEEPEN
raATlOrdnl. rr LIh'GS. A"~17 TO .RAISE TuE STAB^~DAnDS DF EDUCA'CION Irk A
MA"~r:Eg THAT `MILL LEAD TO THE ACNIEVEMFt1T OF Ard E'DUrATIONAL
REV'VAISSA~JCE Sc.RVI~?G T~!F GOALS OF THE' ARA3 NATION IN t~UILJING
Atd AD VA"ACED SOCIETY;
G, 4PPROVAL CF THE POLICY OF COORD?NATION AND INTEGRATION
Ifi THE INFORi~1ATI0N FIELD IN THE MANr~E,R THAT SFRVE.S THE GOALS
OF T KE AR A3 NAT I0 N;
4. THE SUPiRE'ME COMMAND COU'~CIL SHALL MEET ONCE IrVERY 3
MONTuS OR ANY TIME IT IS DEEMED. NECESSARY..
~. COOr~DI~-ATIQrV Ai~O~~tG T~!E VDrATIrNAL A,VD
.POPULAR O,~GgtdIZATI0f3S I'V THE T'~10 COUNTRIES DEALING 4JITH
SUCH TOPICS AS WOMEN, 4JORKERS, STUDENTS, YaUTH AND TRADE L';dICN
DRGANIZA?"IOr~S SHALL, BE' EFFECTED.
NIS ~lAJE'STY KING f{USAYN IRS! TAl~AL EXPRESSED HIS EXTREI"E TuAf~KS
FOR T'~E WA:R~i WELCOME A"1J RECEPTIOP~ ACCORDED HIM DURING NIS
VISIT TO THE, SYRIA"~ AR A3 REPUBLIC A:VD WISHED ALL PRDGRESS ANO
PROSPERITY FOR T~{w FRATIrRNAL SYRIAN ARAB PEOPLE AND HEALTH AND
~-APPI~~'ESS TO KIS EXCkLLE?~~~Y PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD.
uIS MAJESTY KING uUS4YN EXTEn1DE'D AN INVITATION TO .HIS'
EXCELLE~~CY PR ESIt7EuT HAFIZ AL-ASAP TO VISIT THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM.
DF JURDAra. PRESIDE't~T AL-ASAD ACCEPTED THE INViTATI~Ord WITH TuAP1KS
AtiD APP;~ECIATIOh.
(ENDALI.)
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SYRIAN-JORDANIAN JOI~ STATEMENT ISSUED
Jlx2z13~JJ DAMASCUS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ARAt~IV 1122 GMT. 22 AUG 75 ~1N
(SYRIA"?-JORDA~IIAy JOT!IT S~'ATEMENT RELEAwED ON 11 AUGt!ST TN DAMASG+JS
AND AMi~1A`? ON THE VISIT OF JORDAN KING H~JS4Yh TO SYRIA--READ
9Y SYRIAv ANNaUNCE'R TN JOI+VT HOOKUP ':JTTH AMMAN RADIO)
(TEXT) IN REPLY TO THM INVITATTON EXTENDED BY HIS
EXCELLENGY PRESIDENT' uA~'IZ AL-ASAD, PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN
AR AD REPUBLIC, uIS MAJESTY KING HUSAYN IBN TALAL, MONARCH OF
THE NASyEt~ITE KT!~'GDpM pF JORDAN, ~'~ADE A VISIT TO THE SYRIAN
ARAB REPUBLIC.BETWEE"? 1~3-22 AUGUST 1975.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PREMIER, FOREIGN. AND DEFEldSE MINISTER
Z4YD AR~t~ IFAI; NIS EXCELLENCY MUDAR BADRAN, .CHIEF OF THE
ROYAL ~!ASuEMITE COURT; HIS EXCELLENCY SALAH ABU ZAYD, MINISTER
OF CULTURE APJD INFORMATION; HIS EXCELLE!?CY SALIM l~!ASADAH,
MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ACTING' MINISTER OF INT)USTRY AND TRADE;
STAFF LT GEN SNAR TF ZAYD T3N SKAKIR, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AR^".E'D
.FORCES; STAFF MAJ GEN A'~/WAD AL-KHALIDI, HIS MAJESTY'S .MILITARY'
ADVISErT; .AND YANAL UMAR, CHIEF OF ;ROYAL PROTOCOL..
HTS MAJESTY THE GREAT' GUEST AND THE DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING.
NIS i~AJESTY 4d ERE ACCORDED A WARM PpPULAR AND QFFIGIAL WELCOME,
I!3 ~~JHIru SE!?IOR OFFICIALS OF THE STATE ACID ARMED
FOR ;ES AND 'THE MASSES OF THE PE"OP! E PARTTCTPATED. THEY WERE
EXPRE"SST"?G THE RESPECT ~?ARBORED aY THE. SYRAAN ARAB REPUBLIC FOR
THE TREAT GUEST AND THF_ OVE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE FRATER!?AL
JOR~A(tIAN PEOPLE, Pr~OMf'TED BY THE FRATERNAL BONDS EXISTING
BETWEEN THE TW0 FRATERNAL C_UNTRIE`S 'NAT REFLECT THE UNITY f.?F
THEIR uTSTORY, MARCH AND 4B.IECTIVF..
DURING HIS MAJESTY THE KING' S STAY IN THE SYRIAN ARAB
REPUBLIC, wIS MAJESTY Al1D THE DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING HIM
VISITED TA'E' LIBERATED CITY OF AL-QUNAYTIRAN AND SAW THE EXTENT
OF T"-~E EFFECTS OF Tut= ZIOr1IST E.l1E~iY' S SAVArERY AND MALIGE. ?STS.
~tAJE'STY "'?D TuE DEL ErATIGti ACr0ir;PA`;Ylt.r HIM, A! c0 VISIT~'D
L4TAKIA p!~CVI~?GE. A!?D A '?U~1BER 'OF I~s'~(~S''RIAL, `!I;~TQ~tIC .
AND TOU,'TIST SITES. TREY ACQUAINTED T~lEMSELVE'S WITH A NU(~9Ely CF
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB ~tEPU3LIC.
DU!IING TIE VI5TT, OFFICIAL TALKS WERE HELD BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY
KIPdG HUSAYN AND HIS BROT~{ER HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT HfiFIZ
AL-ASAD. THE TALKS WERE PERVADED WITH AN ATi~OSPHERE OF B?gTNERu00D,
TOTALLY RIrGL'TPFtOCATED TRU51.', TOTAL DETERMINATION ON THE JOIhT
ARAB If?TEREST AND BELIEF IN THE UNITY OF DESTINY AS A REFLECTION
OF THE NOBLE AR AS BONDS EXISTING BETWEEN THE TWO FrRATERNAL
COUNTRIES. THE .TALKS ALSO LED TO TOTAL AGREEMENT IN VTEWPOI~~TS
RE'GARDI~IG ALL ISSUES DISCUSSED. ON THE SYRIAN SIDE, THE
TALKS WE'RE ATTENDED BY PRIME MINISTER -"~U~(MUD AL-AYYUBT;
DEPUTY PRIME f~INISTErR .AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABD AL-HALIM KHADDAM;
INFORt-lAxI02? MINISTER AWMAD TSKANDAR AHlriAD; FINANCE MINISTER
MUHAMMAD S~(Ar~IF; AND C?{IEF OF STAFF' MAJ GEN HIKMAT ASH- SHIHABI.
ON THE JORDANIAN SIDir, THE .TALKS WERE ATTENDED BY PREMIER,
FOREIGN AUD DEFENSE MINISTER ZAYD AR-RIFAI; HIS EXCELLENCY
MUD AR BADR,,AN, CHIEF OF THE ROYAL HASHEMITE COURT; SALAH ABU
ZAYD, CULTUr~E AND INFORMATION MINISTER; SAL IM.HASAIDAH, ~ .
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rr1 T~!E ARAB FIEI.D,~NE TWQ GREAT LEADERS 5TU ~~~ ai`[UATIaI~
IN TuE eRA6 uaMELAND. TuEY WERE IN TOTAL AGREE~T Y THAT'WAS
R!*GARDTNG THE "TEED Ta SEEK TO E~iTRENCH BRAS. SOLIDARI7
MRYIFESTED IN THE aCTOBE'~t. WAR OF LIBERATION Ar1D ~3N tJHICN THE
RESOLUTI~]'~S aF THE RABAT AND ALGE"IRS SUMMIT COt1FER~NCES !MERE
t3ASE'D. T'~EY AFFIRMED THE IMpaRTA'VCE CF CDNTINUIr1G WCRK TO
I~yPLEME'3T THESE RESCLUTTC"!S I"1 THE VARI+~US FIELDS: THE TWA LEADERS
5TRES3F+J THE GRREAT IMPORrA!~rE OF WORK TO OVERCAME PERIPHERAL
MATTERS Ar3D THE f1EED TO REMOVE TuE;E FftO~;'THE MAIN BATTLE FROr~T.
THEY HIGwLIGHTED TH# SPECIP.L IMPaRTAidCE OF 1~03ILIZIAG THE
RE'SOURCE.S OF T~?E ARAB NATION AND TkROWING THESE'
RESOURCES IrI THE BATTLE AGAINST. THE ZIONIST ENEi~iY, IN THEIR
HELI~F THAT BUILDI~~G T~{F (riILIY'ARY Paw ER OF THE ARAB NATION IN
GcP1ERAL At~D TuAT OF THE FRONTLINE FARCES IN PAtRTICULAR IS THE
SURE GU4'~AtlTEE TO ACHIEVE VICTORY, ..REGAIN THE FIGHTS AND TOTAL
LISErIATIO~t aF THE LA"1D, PRa^EEDIhG FR0~1 A FACT AFFIRMED
HY TwE DEV=LOPMENT CF EVERiT5, NAMELY THAT` THERE IS NO SUBSTIT 1'E
FOR {fILITARY PO'-IER AND pREt~gREDNE55 TO CONFRDtJT ENEMY.
INTiZANSI3EyCE A~iD MA!~EUVERING.
ON TKE SITUATION IH THE AREA, AND AFTER A5SESSING THE
SIT~)ATIO~? IN THE AREA AND 1'NE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH IT IS
PASSI~ta TKROUr~{, TuE T:Ja LE4DFRS AFFIRMED THAI THE ZIONIST ENE!".?Y' S
MAraE'UVERS REGARDIn'G Ca~iPREHENSIVE" WIT~!DRA~IAL FROM THE OCCUPIED
ARA3 LANDS A"7D HIS REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE. THE NATIOtdAL RIGHTS
OF T~tE PAL"STINIAN ~'E.aPLE MAKE THIS SITUATION MORE EXPLCSIV~'.
THEY AFFIRMED THEIR CONVICTION THAT PEACE IS LI VKED TO TuE FOLLC4~I r!G
TWO .PRINCIPLES:
1. COMPREHENSIVE WIT~4DRAWAL FRAM ALL THE OCCUPIED ARAB
LANDS;
~. RECa3NITION aF.THE ~iATIONAL RIGHTS OF THE;PEaPLE OF
PALEST I "~~'.
A~1Y ATTEMPT BY THE" E'CIEMY TO ESCAPE" FRAM 'THESE TW0
FACTS TuROt1Gu ATTE~"PTS Ta PARTITIaN THE SITUATIaN ALONG TuE
^uPfFRONTATIard LItdES--THUS DIVIDIt1G THE ISSUE IPd ORDER TQ 5!.!Bt~ERrE
TKE i~AIN ISSUE, NAtrlE.l.Y T'~E PALESTINIAN CAl1SE--.WILL MAKE THE
SITUATIO~r ;CRE SERICUS. TuE VIE~~1PaINTS OF THE TWC ARAE3 LEADERS
WERE Ii1 AGREEMENT REGARDING .THE NE'E'D TO 'WORK tAITHIN THE FRA4~E!dC-RK
OF TwE U~'~TTY OF THE ISSUE. THIS ESSENTIALLY REQUIRF'S THE
REALIZATION. aF MARE COpf'ERATIO;V BETWEEN THE TWQ CCUt~TRIES AND TuE
REST OF T".E ARAB COJNTRIES A.f1D BI~CKING I"HE PLO SO THAT IT GA rd
9u0ULDMR ITS ~~A,TIO'VAL RESPONSIBILITY, BECAL15E THE TwO LEA9FR5
ARE GONVIN'~E.D ~JF T!~E I;a;POR".'ANCE OF MAKING 'THE P4LE5TIPdIAN
PERSONALITY EMERGE. TuIS CONVIC~'ION WAS AFFIRMED 6Y THE Y'WO
LEADERS AT THE RABAT SUMMIT CONFERENCE.
IN TuL IP~TERhATIINAL FIELD, TuE TWa LEADERS REVIEWED
I~ITER~I.ATIOt~tAL IS5UE5 At1D A~'FIRM~fJ THEIR 3ELIEF IN THE" RIGHT OF
.ALL PEOPLES TO FtiEEDa+~, INDEPENDENCE ArtD PRaGRESS. THEY
AGREED Ta C0"~TIrtUE EFFORTS ~'O SUPPaRT AND BACK .THE ISSUES CF THE
FRIE~iDLY PEOPLES, PARTICULA!ILY T~tF PEOPLE' aF THE. THIRD. ~~IORLD,
gUPPaRT APdD DcVELaP ARAB,-AFRICAN COOPERATION, STRENGTHEN THE
NONALI`JED .FRONT AND #ST:A3LISH INTERN4TIONAL RELATIONS THAT
.WILL SERVE THE CAUSE "QF' T~1E 'ARAB STRUGGLE FOR ITS OBJECTIVES.
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