Arab League: No consensus yet for Assad regime’s return

Arab League: No consensus yet for Assad regime’s return
The Arab League said on Monday (Feb. 11) there was no consensus yet among member states that may allow the reinstatement of Assad regime’s membership which was suspended in 2011 over its crackdown on protesters at the start of the war.

The Arab League Secretary General and former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, speaking during a visit to Beirut, said there was no consensus yet on Syria being allowed back into the League.

“I follow this subject very closely and I do not yet observe conclusions that lead to the consensus that we are talking about and that may lead to an (Arab) foreign ministers meeting in which they announce the end of the difference and therefore call for Syria to return to occupy the seat,” he said.

The Arab League is due to hold a summit meeting at the end of March in Tunisia.

Asked about the prospects for Syria’s readmission, Aboul Gheit noted that Arab League foreign ministers were due to hold two meetings before the summit.

“But the matter is not time, the matter is will. The matter is consensus among the states,” he said.

“For Syria to return, there must be consensus.”

Based on Reuters

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