BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- The Arab League summit's final declaration Thursday rejects any attack on Iraq.

"We reject the threat of attacking Arab countries, especially Iraq. We reaffirm our complete rejection of any attack on Iraq," the declaration says. "And we affirm our rejection of any security threat on any Arab country, and we consider it a security threat to the Arab states as a whole."

The statement goes on to say, "We demand the respect of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, security and unity."

In addition, it calls for "the lifting of the sanctions on Iraq, ending the punishment of the Iraqi people."

The adoption of the final statement came after Iraqi presidential envoy Izzat Ibrahim told the summit that Iraq recognizes the sovereignty of Kuwait and will never invade that nation again....

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Also see: The New Dem Daily's analysis, "Embracing Iraq."...

And: Text of Agreement Between Iraq and Kuwait, from the Agence France Presse (AFP), as published in the New York Times. (Link requires free registration.)