Sudan has ruled out a consensus on Syria's return to the Arab League ahead of the March summit

Sudanese Foreign Minister Dardari Mohamed Ahmed has ruled out a consensus on Syria's return to the Arab League ahead of the upcoming Arab summit in Tunisia in late March.

The summit is scheduled to take place in Tunis on March 31st.

I think that calls are beginning to appear, but I am not quite sure that the summit will be held in Tunisia, "he said in an exclusive statement Sputnik on the sidelines of the first Arab-European summit of Charm el-Sheikh, this adequate consensus is already in place. "

The League of Arab States suspended Syria's membership in November 2011 following a number of pressures from Arab countries, including the Gulf, against the backdrop of the conflict in the country. Arab countries.

The Reuters news agency, citing five sources, reportedly said that the United States was pressuring the Gulf countries to refrain from re-establishing relations with Syria, including the United States. United Arab Emirates.

With the support of Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Washington does not want Syria to return to the international community as long as a political process is not settled to the end of the war.

"The Saudis are a great help in putting pressure on others, and Qatar is doing what it should," a US official told a question about diplomatic pressure.

The official said the United States was happy that "some Gulf countries are using the brakes".

The US position indicates that Assad still has a long way to go before being accepted, even after his forces have resumed most of Syria after victories over the opposition, thanks in large measure party with the help of Iran and Russia.

While the UAE believes that Arab countries should quickly embrace Syria to remove Assad from the orbit of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Qatar support the US approach, according to the report. 39; agency.

A Gulf source said the UAE considered Assad as the "only option" and believed that the elimination of Iran's influence in Syria could help prevent the resumption of its current control over Iraq .

Three Gulf politicians, a senior US official and a senior Western diplomat, said US and Saudi officials had spoken with representatives from other Gulf states to urge them not to re-establish ties. with Syria.

In particular, they want these countries not to support the return of Assad to the Arab League and that the embassies remain closed, with only small workers.