FM: AL adopts Qatar-Saudi attitude towards Syria

DAMASCUS,(ST)_Syria has rejected any role to be played by the Arab League, which practices biased policy, in any plan seeking to resolve the crisis in Syria peacefully.

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry stressed in a statement issued on Wednesday that the decision adopted today by the AL at ministerial level as regards giving Syria’s seat in the AL to  a specific part breaches the AL charter and principles.

This specific part, as the statement says, has called for military intervention (at any price) in Syria since the beginning of the crisis 

It said: “the Syrian Arab Republic stresses its adherence to the basic principles in dealing with any international effort to solve the ongoing crisis in the country.”

The statement asserted that the AL has chosen, since its meddling in the crisis in Syria, to be biased towards Arab, regional and international sides that call for foreign military intervention in the crisis, obstacle any political solution based on national dialogue, and fund extremist terrorist groups to fuel the crisis through killing innocent citizens and destroying infrastructure as well as targeting the Syrian Arab Army and security.

“The Arab League is adopting the biased political attitude of the two Gulf States – Qatar and Saudi Arabia-so it can not be a part in bringing about a real political solution to the crisis in Syria,” the statement said.

It sees that the AL today-decision proves that the sheikhdoms of petrol and gas (Qatar and Saudi Arabia) are controlling the Arab joint action and national security to divert attention from the real enemy (Israel).

The FM affirmed that the AL stances would not dissuade the Syrian government from going ahead with positive cooperation with constructive international efforts and doing its national duty related to impose stability and security all over the country.

The statement said that the Syrian government would continue confronting the extremists and armed terrorist groups, which perpetrate crimes against citizens in Syria, adding that that Arab and regional parties are still funding and arming these groups.

Basma Qaddour