Tuesday, Dec. 20th ~ Arab League ~ Positive Meeting Syria ~ Adjourns Until Tuesday...

12/18/2011

Arab League adjourns permanent representatives meeting to Tuesday

CAIRO, The Arab League announced Sunday postponing the meeting of the permanent representatives to Tuesday instead of Monday amid reports about a change in the Syrian regime stance of the Arab crisis deal.

An Arab diplomatic source told KUNA that the decision was taken after signals from

the Iraqi mediators about possible Syrian acceptance to the Arab observers' protocol.

Iraq is trying to mediate an end to nine months of unrest in Syria where the UN estimates that more than 5,000 people have been killed in a regime crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

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On Saturday, Iraqi National Security Adviser Falah al-Fayadh was in Damascus where he said he had "positive" talks with Syria's president.

He then travelled to Cairo where he met Arab League chief Nabil Al-Arabi and emerged from the talks sounding upbeat.

Saturday, the Arab League threatened to take Syria to the UN for procrastinating over a deal to stop its crackdown on dissent, after Russia proposed a surprise draft resolution to the conflict.

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Arab League Meeting Saturday ...

12/16/2011

Arab League puts off ministerial meeting

Arab League has decided on Thursday to postpone the Saturday ministerial meeting sine die and move the venue of the meeting, of the committee on follow-up of the Syrian crisis, to Doha.

The meeting of the ministerial-level committee will be held on Saturday in Doha, the League's Deputy Secretary-General Ahmad Bin Helli announced here.

"The decision was made in the light of the consultation between the Secretary-General Dr. Nabil Al-Araby and the head of the committee Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem," he pointed out.

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"Al-Araby is in talks with other Arab foreign ministers including Syria's Walid Al-Muallem," Bin Helli revealed.

"The League and the Arab ministers are trying hard to convince Syria to sign the protocol on the deployment of Arab ceasefire monitors in Syria," he added.

The foreign ministers of the Arab countries and the committee were scheduled to convene two separate meetings at the headquarters of the League here on Saturday.

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