CAIRO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) Saturday said it will hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Sunday to discuss the political crisis in Lebanon.

    An AL statement said the AL council at the ministerial level will hold an emergency session on Sunday to discuss the Lebanese crisis and how to deal with it.

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah speaks to the media at the airport in Kuwait city, May 10, 2008. Mohammad Sabah went to Egypt for an emergency session of the FM meeting of the League of Arab States. The meeting is held to discuss the situation in Lebanon.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    On Friday, Egypt and Saudi Arabia called on AL to hold such a meeting.

    Earlier on Saturday, AL Secretary General Amr Moussa called on Arab countries to work together to help settle the Lebanese crisis.

    He also highlighted the importance of a proposed Arab foreign ministers meeting to discuss the situation in Lebanon, where fierce clashes between the opposition and ruling coalition left at least 18 people dead and 40 others injured.