Some Arab foreign ministers held a multilateral meeting in London today with the foreign ministers and representatives of the International Quartet Committee on Middle East on the sidelines of the periodic meeting of the Quartet. On the Arab side, the Saudi, Egyptian, United Arab Emirates and Jordanian foreign ministers, Prince Saud Alfaisal, Ahmad Abu Alghait, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahayan, Salah Aldeen Albasheer, respectively and representatives of the foreign ministers of Kuwait and Tunis, participated in the meeting. Also taking part in the meeting were U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Russian Foreign Minister Sergi Lavrov; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Special Envoy of the Quartet Toni Blair; European Union's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitri Rupel, who is also EU's rotating President, and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero. The meeting was attended by Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Ambassador to United Kingdom and Ireland. --More
