CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers called for international pressure to force Israel to abide by its peace agreements with the Palestinians,league sources said  Thursday.

The ministers, ending two days of meetings in Cairo Thursday, asked the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China to pressure the Jewish state to resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, they said.

Arab League foreign ministers meet twice a year to issue wide-ranging resolutions.

The Arab League sources quoted the resolutions, which were not immediately available, as saying the ministers condemned Israel for changing the nature of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, contested by Syria, in an ``actual and legal sense.''

They called on the Jewish state to implement the United Nations resolution which requires it to withdraw from its occupation zone in Lebanon unconditionally, the sources said.

Israel, which has controlled parts of south Lebanon since 1978, set up a so-called ``security zone'' in the area in 1985 ostensibly to protect its northern borders from potential guerrilla attacks.

The ministers condemned a United States missile attack on a Khartoum pharmaceuticals plant in August. Washington alleged it produced chemical weapons precursors, a charge Khartoum denied.

In a draft resolution obtained by Reuters Wednesday, the league backed Libya's demands for guarantees before Tripoli handed over two Libyans wanted by the United States and Britain in connection with the bombing of an in 1988 over Scotland.

Washington and London had wanted the two suspects to be handed over for trial in Scotland or the United States. But last month, they accepted Libya's demands for a trial in The Hague.

The league criticised Turkey's military alliance with Israel as a threat to Arab interests. Syria, head of the league's rotating chairmanship, said the ties spelt danger for Arabs.

During their two days of talks, the ministers reviewed the 18-month impasse in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which Palestinian President Yasser Arafat blamed on Israel's refusal of a U.S. proposal.

Palestinians have accepted the proposal for Israel to withdraw from another 13 percent of occupied Arab lands in exchange for security guarantees.

Arafat said in Cairo he was committed to declaring a Palestinian state by May 4, 1999, the deadline for a settlement between the Palestinians and Israel under the 1993 Oslo accord.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would take unilateral steps if Arafat declared a state.

Almost 10 countries of the 22-member league did not send their foreign ministers to the meeting, citing internal and external obligations. The absentees include Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states, Morocco and Algeria.