This Article is From Nov 04, 2013

Arab League urges Syrian opposition to attend Geneva-II conference

Arab League urges Syrian opposition to attend Geneva-II conference

The Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (2nd-L) talks with Ahmad Jarba (L), the president of the Syrian National Coalition, during a meeting of the Arab League Foreign ministers on Syria in Cairo.

Cairo: Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have called on the Syrian opposition to attend the Geneva-II conference on restoring peace in the troubled country and form a delegation as soon as possible.

The ministers said on Sunday that the League supports the Syrian opposition's stance of asking for necessary international guarantees for participating in the conference, reports Xinhua.

Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Al-Jarba said the opposition decided against attending the Geneva talks unless there is a successful transfer of power within a specific time-frame.

Al-Jarba also urged the League to take a clear stance on supplying the opposition with weapons and guarantee that these would not fall in the wrong hands.

Arab League chief Nabil Al-Arabi said at the foreign ministers' meeting that bloodshed in Syria could no longer be tolerated.

He called on the Arab states to support the National Coalition of Syrian opposition to take part in Geneva-II scheduled for later this month.


 
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