Sheikh Declaration noted that the Arab Summit would focus work on challenges to the Arab national security, diagnosing their causes and taking necessary measures to counteract them. These challenges require joining efforts and alerting political, military, economic, cultural and social potentials to secure Arab territorial integrity, and coexistence, it said. The Arab leaders stressed pride of the Arab League in its 70th anniversary, and their commitment to the goals of the founder leaders, namely, consolidating ties among member states, coordinating political plans to achieve cooperation, and maintaining their independence, sovereignty and joint heritage. "This is all embodied in the Arab League Charter in 1945." "Our concept of the Arab national security addresses its overall meaning and political, economic, military and social dimensions, in terms of the Arab countries' ability to defend themselves and maintain their independence, sovereignty, rights and territorial integrity," they stressed. They also noted that the Arab national security has come under several threats targeting many member countries. --More 16:13 LOCAL TIME 13:13 GMT تغريد
