The Arab League is still far from taking the decision to accept Syria back to the organization, UAE's Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on Wednesday
ABU DHABI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th March, 2019) The Arab League is still far from taking the decision to accept Syria back to the organization, UAE's Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on Wednesday."As for the return of Syria to the Arab League, this also depends on decisions of other Arab states, not only on us. We all hope that the role of Syria as an Arab state and the role of Arabs in Syria will increase and bring more hopes. But we are still far from that," Al Nahyan said after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Arab League suspended Syrian membership in 2011 over eruption of the civil conflict in the country. Lebanon, Algeria, Iraq, Tunisia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain have already voiced their support for returning Syria to the organization. Palestine also wants Syria to be allowed to return to the Arab League.
At the same time, earlier this week, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said that Doha saw no changes in the Syrian crisis necessary for the country to return to the Arab League.
According to Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Syria may rejoin the organization only if all other members support this initiative.
