BEIRUT (Reuters) - Qatar said that it and fellow Gulf Arab state Oman had persuaded Gulf War foes Iraq and Kuwait to agree on a statement at an Arab summit Wednesday.
"The issue of Iraq and Kuwait is now resolved and we have agreed on a statement between Iraq and Kuwait which is acceptable to the two sides," Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani told reporters after the first day of the Arab summit in Beirut. (Read photo caption within)
A Kuwaiti minister said the document included new Iraqi compromises and a pledge by Baghdad to the effect that it would not repeat its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf confirmed only that a deal had been reached but did not confirm the Kuwaiti account of its contents.
Delegates said the head of the Kuwaiti delegation, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, had applauded the speech of his Iraqi counterpart Izzat Ibrahim at the summit.

PHOTO CAPTION:
Deputizing for HH the Emir of Qatar, SH. Hamad Ben Khalifa Al-Thani, HH the Prime Minister, SH. Abdallah Ben Khalifa Al-Thani , seen at the forefront, is leading Qatar's delegation to the 14th Arab summit underway in Beirut-Mar, 27-28, 2002. H.E. the foreign minister, SH. Hamad Ben Jassim Ben Jabor Al-Thani is seen sitting to his HH's right.