Mansour Says Disavowing from Arab League Statement wasn’t in Harmony with Syria
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said on Monday the Arab League Ministerial council has decided to send its Chief Nabil al-Arabi to Damascus to launch dialogue with the Syrian regime.
“The ministerial meeting discussed the latest developments in Syria and ended with an agreement that no statement would be published or made to the press,” Mansour told al-Liwaa newspaper.
He noted that the statement issued by the general secretariat of the Arab Leagues wasn’t discussed nor agreed upon during the FMs’ meeting.
Mansour denied that Lebanon has disavowed itself from the statement because of the Syrian position in the league.
Damascus had said that the Arab League statement on the bloodshed in Syria contained "unacceptable and biased language."
He noted that Lebanon’s stance during the Arab FMs’ meeting wasn’t in harmony with the Syrian position, but to clarify that the Cairo meeting didn’t discuss a statement about Syria.
The purpose of the meeting was aimed at solving the crisis in Syria without meddling in its affairs.
Mansour said: “I was surprised by the secretariat statement, and I wanted to clarify what happened. But this isn’t linked to the Syrian stance.”
However, the newspaper reported that after the FM returned to Beirut contacts made him back down on the Arab League statement.
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