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Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Hossam Zaki, said Syria's return to the League of Arab States was linked to the vision that the member states had of the Syrian regime's position on the political settlement and relations with Iran.
Zaki's statement was made Wednesday, on the sidelines of the meeting of delegates and senior officials, ahead of the 30th Arab summit in Tunis.
Asked about Syria's return to the Arab League, Zaki said: "If a consensus emerges to allow the Syrian regime to return to headquarters, this will be achieved.
He stressed that "the absence of consensus or its existence is related to the vision of the states vis-à-vis the position of the Syrian regime with regard to the political settlement and relations with Iran, among other things".
Asked about the possibility for a party to include the point on the return of Syria, he said that "things will not be treated this way," noting that "the Syrian crisis is in order of the day and that decisions are taken in this respect ".
The Egyptian diplomat said that the recent recognition by the United States of the annexation of the occupied Golan by Israel would be one of the most important issues to be addressed at the summit.
For his part, Zaki said the international community was responsible for the Palestinian Authority's financial crisis caused by the behavior of the Israeli occupation, stressing that this topic had many dimensions and some complications.
"It is not the responsibility of the Arab countries alone to shoulder the burden of responsibility." There is an international community that has great responsibilities and above all a great responsibility for the occupying Power under international law and relevant resolutions. United Nations."
"So it's not easy to say that Arabs have money and that they have to pay, but the problem is that there are parties that have legal responsibility for them. force to pay the Palestinian Authority. "
"However, the Arab countries are doing their part and fulfill their obligations to periodically support the budget of the Palestinian Authority."
He stressed that the current situation imposed on the Authority the need for more funds to meet the needs of the Palestinian people, stressing that "the financial situation can not be solved by paying a check from here or the".
"The Israeli occupation authorities have taken measures concerning the seizure of Palestinian tax funds, and the Palestinian Authority is very strongly opposed to these procedures and has every right to do so", a- he declared.
Citing Sky News Arabic
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