DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab newspapers on Tuesday hailed Libya‘s handover of two suspects in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. "By positively dealing with all the proposed initiatives and Arab and regional efforts to find a way out of this crisis, Libya has given a good example of wisdom and reason," the daily al-Bayan, published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), wrote. "Thus, it is entitled to be rewarded by the lifting of sanctions, which are no longer reasonable and sound," it added, referring to an embargo slapped on Libya seven years ago. Libya on Monday handed over Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima to the United Nations for trial before a Scottish court in the Netherlands. The handover followed assurances from the United States and Britain that the two men would get a fair trial. Both suspects deny involvement in the bombing that killed 259 people on board a Pan Am aircraft and 11 people in the Scottish village of Lockerbie. Qatar‘s al-Sharq newspaper charged that Washington and London were driven by anti-Arab political motivations when they initially insisted the suspects be tried either in the United States or Scotland, as opposed to Libya‘s proposals for a trial in a neutral country. "By appearing before the court…the final judgment will be for the judiciary and not for the politicians, who are (usually) governed by interest-linked political inclinations rather than by justice," al-Sharq said. Al-Raya, another Qatari daily, wondered at the American and British insistence on imposing sanctions on Libya instead of negotiating their way to bringing the two suspects to trial. It said all Libya wanted was a fair trial in a neutral country with the right to defence and appeal. "This is all Libya had asked for and it was punished for it," the paper said. Saudi Arabia‘s Okaz Arabic language daily said Libya‘s decision to hand over the suspects for trial reflected Tripoli‘s confidence in the mediation efforts by Saudi Arabia and South Africa.