THE ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) HAS CONDEMNED THE ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE INDUSTRY MINISTER PIERRE GEMAYEL AND DESCRIBED IT AS "A TERROR ACT WHICH AIMS AT THE DESTABILIZATION OF LEBANON." IN A STATEMENT ISSUED HERE TUESDAY, GCC SECRETARY GENERAL ABDULRAHMAN AL-ATIYYAH, SAID SUCH A CRIMINAL AND IRRESPONSIBLE ACT WILL NEVER HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE STABILITY AND SECURITY OF LEBANON. HE URGED THE LEBANESE POLITICAL FORCES TO WORK FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THEIR COUNTRY AND TO RESORT TO THE OPTION OF DIALOGUE. HE CONDOLED THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED AND THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE. ON THE OTHER HAND, AL-ATIYYAH DEPLORED THE BRUTAL ACTS OF ISRAEL IN GAZA AND SAID SUCH DANGEROUS ESCALATION WILL NEVER BE TOLERATED. HE URGED FOR THE FORMATION OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT.
