A former Tunisian diplomat said the Arab summit to be held Sunday in Tunisia "is worthless if Syria does not regain its position as a member state of the Arab League."

"The vacancy of the Syrian headquarters, which was one of the seven Arab countries created for the Arab League, is an abnormal situation in every respect," said Jamal Jouaili, a member of the preparatory committee of the Arab summit organized by the Tunisia in 2004, in an interview with a Tunisian newspaper.

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He noted that the freezing of members was a very bad decision made in an Arab situation characterized by the liquidation of accounts according to him.

In the same dialogue, he also felt that despite the convening of the Tunis Summit in a very difficult Arab situation, he is a candidate to take important decisions with a view to re-establishing joint Arab action and achieving a global Arab reconciliation with Syria, Doha and the Gulf countries, as well as ending the war in Yemen Thousands of dead.

Noureddine Ben Ticha, political adviser to the Tunisian president, said that Syria had been removed from the League of Arab States by a summit decision "at the meeting of presidents" and that the reverse decision had only been taken during the summit.

"The position of Tunisia is clear, Syria is an important Arab country and Tunisia hopes to return soon to play its role in the Arab region," he said.

Noureddine Ben Ticha added that since the accession of President Béji Kayed Sibsi, Tunisia had re-established its relations with Syria through a consular representation in this Arab country.

He stressed that Tunisia had no hostile positions towards any Arab country, stressing that Tunisia was still seeking to unify the Arabic word and to discuss with the Arab countries "in accordance with our role and our position" to remain at difference of differences.

The Arab League decided on November 12, 2011, about eight months after the start of unrest in Syria, to suspend Syria's membership by political and economic sanctions in Damascus, demanding that the Syrian army not resort to not to violence against anti-regime protesters.

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Tunisia, host country of the summit, supports the return of Syria to the university.

In January, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Jahnawi declared that "the natural place" for Syria belonged to the League of Arab States.

The return of Syria is the subject of debate, in particular the strengthening of the Damascus authorities and the military victories of the Syrian army, which has helped to recover large areas of militants and jihadist opponents.

There is a division between Arab countries in this respect. "There is no Arab consensus on the issue of reviewing the decision to suspend Syria's membership in the Arab League," Deputy Secretary-General Hossam Zaki said at a press conference. a press conference at the end of January.

He called on Iraq and Lebanon to send Syria back to the Arab League. In December 2018, the United Arab Emirates reopened their embassy in Damascus after the break-up of diplomatic relations since 2012.