Akhbar Al-Youm: 20 articles on the Arab-Tunisian summit … and do not agree on the return of Syria

The spokesman for the secretary-general of the Arab League, Ambassador Mahmoud Afifi, said at a press conference with the media delegation accompanying the mission of the secretariat of the Arab League at the summit that the Provisional agenda of the summit, scheduled for March 31, includes about 20 topics, The crisis in Syria, the situation in Libya and Yemen, support for peace and development in Sudan, support for Somalia , monitoring the evolution of the Arab national security system and the fight against terrorism.

An item relating to internally displaced persons in Arab countries, particularly Iraqis, was included at the request of Iraq, noting that during preparatory meetings, other elements would be introduced, indicating that there was no need for action. Turkish intervention in northern Iraq was among the fixed points of the meeting.

Afifi praised the preparations made by the Tunisian side for the Arab summit and its concern to provide all the necessary conditions for the work of the media.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mugherini, African Union Commission President Moussa Faki, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations OCI, Yousef Al-Othaimeen, will participate in the summit.

Afifi stressed that Arab summits still affirmed the Arab identity of the occupied Syrian Golan, in accordance with the 1981 Security Council resolution, adding that it was possible, given recent developments, that an Arab State requests the addition of a new item to the draft resolution on the Golan Heights.

He said that the Economic and Social Council would consider a number of issues, including the follow-up to the resolutions of the Arab Economic Summit in Beirut, saying that the Secretary-General would present to Arab leaders a report on the follow-up of the implementation of the resolutions of the previous Arab Summit. in Dhahran, from the summit to the summit of Tunis.

In response to a question on whether the issue of Syria's return to university activities will be addressed at the Arab summit in Tunis, he said that he had not officially raised the issue of Syrian siege at meetings of the Arab League, pointing out that until now, the issue of Syria's return was not on the agenda, which is formally proposed by any part. The Syrian crisis is "listed".

He pointed out that four committees were submitting their report on this issue and that developments concerning the development of the Arab League system were discussed on the basis of a memorandum submitted by the General Secretariat of the League.

In response to a question about whether the Arab League received responses to letters from the Secretary-General of Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance on the Palestinian Authority's financial crisis, he said that the contacts The Secretary-General of the League continued on the Palestinian issue, saying that these messages were intended to confirm the positions and explain the difficult financial situation of the Palestinian Authority. With contacts to discuss how to break this deadlock.