For the sake of lasting peace Need new regional peace strategy [Archives:2003/06/Local News]

One of the negative effects of the 9/11 attacks on America is an increasing Israeli influence in the region, according to a Sudanese writer who held a two-day seminar on politics and security in the Middle East.
In the south, there is a massive American presence in the Gulf, south of the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean as well.
In the north, there is a stronger Israeli presence, starting from Elat to nearby Bab al-Mandab, that indicates Israeli interest in this area and its importance for Israel security.
Besheri Mohammed Saleh, a Sudanese writer and experts who lives in Yemen, led the seminar at the Yemeni Information and Documentation Center.
Called ‘Sept. 11’s Political, Economical and Security Effects on the Countries along the Red Sea’ the seminar was attended by a number of researchers and interested people.
Two of its recommendation are:
– Put in place a security strategy for countries in the region to ensure the peace and protect the interests and the safety of passing through waters and sea outlets to guarantee the interests of friendly countries, according to the bilateral agreements and regional and international conventions, and to to confirm the sovereignty of the region and the free will of its people.
– Seek a charter to curb the terror and sea and air piracy and ensure a clear definition for terror, and establish shared cooperation between the regional countries and U.S and its allies in fighting the terror, without interfering in the national sovereignty and attacking the innocent citizens for unjust suspicion.
 

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