Arab League calls on UN to send Troops to Syria
Feb 12, 2012 17:13:57 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Feb 12, 2012 17:13:57 GMT -5
Arab League urges UN to send troops into Syria
The Arab League foreign ministers attend a meeting on Syria in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on February 12, 2012.
The Arab League has drafted a resolution on Syria that calls on the United Nations Security Council to send a joint UN-Arab League force into the country.
Arab League officials said on Sunday the draft also calls for a halt to “all forms of diplomatic cooperation” with Syria and “tighter economic sanctions” against Damascus.
The foreign ministers of the Arab organization met in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria.
According to the draft resolution, the Arab League will “open communication channels with the Syrian opposition.”
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said during the Sunday meeting the Arab League should “give all forms of support” to the opposition.
Meanwhile, France and the United States have proposed a plan to hold a meeting of the so-called “Friends of Syria” group in Tunisia on February 24.
Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Ben Abdessalam announced on Sunday Tunis would host the meeting. The new Arab League draft resolution has welcomed the move.
The Arab League also discussed the future of its observer mission in Syria on Sunday.
On January 28, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said in a statement the organization has decided to “immediately stop the work of the Arab League's mission to Syria” due to “the critical deterioration of the situation” in the country.
The observer mission, headed by Sudanese General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, had been in Syria since December 26, 2011.
Arab League officials said on Sunday Dabi has resigned and that Nabil al-Arabi has proposed former Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib as the new head of the mission.
Dabi said he had performed his job “with full integrity and transparency” but he would not “work here again.”
The Arab League meeting in Cairo comes two days after Syrian officials said 28 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two car bombings at security compounds in the northwestern city of Aleppo on Friday.
On Saturday, Syrian state media said an armed “terrorist group” assassinated Brigadier General Issa al-Khawli, who was also the director of Hamish hospital, outside his home in the Ruknaddin district of the capital Damascus.
The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of being behind the months-long unrest, but Damascus says “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” are responsible for the turmoil, which it says is being orchestrated from abroad.
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The Arab League foreign ministers attend a meeting on Syria in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on February 12, 2012.
The Arab League has drafted a resolution on Syria that calls on the United Nations Security Council to send a joint UN-Arab League force into the country.
Arab League officials said on Sunday the draft also calls for a halt to “all forms of diplomatic cooperation” with Syria and “tighter economic sanctions” against Damascus.
The foreign ministers of the Arab organization met in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria.
According to the draft resolution, the Arab League will “open communication channels with the Syrian opposition.”
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said during the Sunday meeting the Arab League should “give all forms of support” to the opposition.
Meanwhile, France and the United States have proposed a plan to hold a meeting of the so-called “Friends of Syria” group in Tunisia on February 24.
Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Ben Abdessalam announced on Sunday Tunis would host the meeting. The new Arab League draft resolution has welcomed the move.
The Arab League also discussed the future of its observer mission in Syria on Sunday.
On January 28, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said in a statement the organization has decided to “immediately stop the work of the Arab League's mission to Syria” due to “the critical deterioration of the situation” in the country.
The observer mission, headed by Sudanese General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, had been in Syria since December 26, 2011.
Arab League officials said on Sunday Dabi has resigned and that Nabil al-Arabi has proposed former Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib as the new head of the mission.
Dabi said he had performed his job “with full integrity and transparency” but he would not “work here again.”
The Arab League meeting in Cairo comes two days after Syrian officials said 28 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two car bombings at security compounds in the northwestern city of Aleppo on Friday.
On Saturday, Syrian state media said an armed “terrorist group” assassinated Brigadier General Issa al-Khawli, who was also the director of Hamish hospital, outside his home in the Ruknaddin district of the capital Damascus.
The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of being behind the months-long unrest, but Damascus says “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” are responsible for the turmoil, which it says is being orchestrated from abroad.
www.presstv.ir/detail/226345.html
