Arab League: Arabs do not agree on the return of Syria's membership

Deputy Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Hossam Zaki, said on Tuesday that there was no Arab consensus yet on Syria's return to its seat in the Arab League.

"The Arab League must reach a consensus on the issue of Syria's return to its university headquarters, so that this return is not an addendum to the Arab summit," Zaki said in a statement. press release at the first preparatory meeting of the Arab summit in Tunis later this month. "He said.

The Assistant Secretary-General stressed that "the issue of the return of the Syrian Arab Republic to its seat in the League of Arab States is not officially on the agenda of the Arab Summit in Tunis".

Zaki stressed that "the political positions of the Arab countries reveal the countries that refuse the return of Syria to the Arab summit", emphasizing that "the return of Syria to the meetings of the Arab League will be decided as soon as a global consensus will emerge between the Arab countries ".

The deputy secretary-general said that "the Syrian issue has many dimensions and is complex," noting that "there are Arab problems at the origin of the failure of Syria's return to the Syrian Arab Republic. Arab League and that they can not be disclosed in the media ".

On the issue of US recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Syrian Golan, Mr. Zaki pointed out that "the Arab League was divided between the Syrian crisis and the Golan handover issue. to Israel, because there was no connection between them ".

"Arab support for Syria on the Golan issue is clear and unequivocal, and the Secretary-General, when he spoke, represents the position of all Arab countries," said the Deputy Secretary-General.

Zaki said: "We look forward to discussing this issue at the ministerial meetings of the Arab summit in Tunisia".