![Arab Foreign Ministers meet to discuss the US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in Cairo, Egypt on 1 February 2018 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018_2-1-Arab-League-Foreign-Ministers-Meeting20180201_2_28468096_30377394.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
The Arab League announced yesterday that an Arab ministerial delegation had started contacts with “active international groups” to crystallise a position which would help solve the Israel-Arab conflict, Quds Press reported.
In a press release, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Said Abu Ali said that these contacts aim to adopt a strategic choice for the solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict based on the Arab Peace Initiative and international resolutions.
He also said: “The last ministerial meeting of the Arab League [held on Thursday] adopted the Palestinian position to find a multilateral mechanism to broker the peace process under the umbrella of the United Nations.”
AbuAli also called for holding an international conference to launch a credible peace process with a clear timeframe based on the international resolutions and the principles of land for peace and the two-state solution.
Read: Abbas did not reject talks based on two-state solution’