MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry approved Saturday the results of the Arab League summit, held in Riyadh March 28-29.

"In the documents signed at the summit we [Russia] see that Arab nations confirm their intention to form in the region a zone of stability, peace and stable development, without a place for hostility, intolerance, extremism and terrorism," the ministry said in a statement.

The summit focused on key regional issues, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, situations in Iraq, Lebanon and Darfur (Sudan).

Alexander Saltanov, a Russian deputy foreign minister, attended a working session of the summit and passed over to participants of the summit a message from the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.