(4 Mar 2007)
1. Exterior of Arab League headquarters in Cairo
2. Close up of flag
3. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal arriving for meeting
4. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul arriving for meeting
5. Syrian Foreign Minister Wald Muallem ( white-haired man in the centre)
6. Various of meeting
7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Abd El Rahman Shalgam, Libyan Foreign Minister:
"Germany and Spain have different views and also Spain and Italy because there is seriousness in the European actions and there is no seriousness in the Arabic actions. They (Arab countries) consider Iran now as an enemy, not Israel, what is this, false politics?."
8. Wide of meeting
STORYLINE:
Arab League Foreign Ministers arrived on Sunday at the organisation headquarters in Cairo for a session that will address a host of issues relevant to joint Arab action.
The meeting is expected to review the latest developments in the region - in particular concerning Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Darfur, and Somalia.
Arrangements for the Arab League Riyadh Summit due at the end of this month will also be discussed as well as a proposal on how to reactivate the Arab role in Iraq.
Iraq's relations with its Arab neighbours have been rocky because of fears that the Shiite-led government is falling under Iran's influence.
After talks with his Egyptian opposite number Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Saturday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari confirmed that Egypt would be attending a planned security conference in Baghdad on the 10th of March.
The conference is expected to bring together dozens of Western and Islamic nations, including the United States and members of the Arab League.
Each side in the Mideast's widening Shiite-Sunni split has accused each other of being responsible for the spiralling violence in Iraq.
Iraqi officials have complained that Sunni countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia are not doing enough to help calm Iraq, while the Sunni countries in turn blame Iraq's Shiite-led government for failing to rein in death squads and Shiite militias.
On Sunday, the Libyan Foreign Minister Abd El Rahman Shalgam expressed his despair over the way Arab countries have failed to act together on certain issues, like the countries in the European Union are able to.
"Germany and Spain have different views and also Spain and Italy because there is seriousness in the European actions and there is no seriousness in the Arabic actions. They (Arab countries) consider Iran now as an enemy, not Israel, what is this, false politics?"
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