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| Arabs agree Syria opposition contacts, peace force |
| 2012-02-13 |
| [Dawn] The Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... said it agreed on Sunday to open contacts with Syria's opposition and to ask the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... to form a joint peacekeeping force to the unrest-swept country. Arab diplomats "will open channels of communication with the Syrian opposition and offer full political and financial support, urging (the opposition) to unify its ranks," it said in a statement obtained by AFP. They would also "ask the UN Security Council to issue a decision on the formation of a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping force to oversee the implementation of a ceasefire," it said. After marathon talks in Cairo, the 22-member bloc also announced it had formally ended its own observer mission to Syria, which was suspended last month because of an upsurge in violence. |
| Posted by:Fred |