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Tunisia – Tunisia stressed on Saturday that Syria's return to the Arab League required a consensus among all member states, two months before Tunisia's next Arab summit, saying "Syria's natural place is within of the Arab League ", which makes this upcoming summit is an opportunity to revive the record of the return of Syria.
"Syria's return to the League of Arab States requires a consensus decision by the Arab Group," Tunisian President Baiji Caid al-Sibsi said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the presidential palace in Carthage.
On March 31, Tunisia will host the annual Arab summit. He stressed that his country wanted to preserve the unity of Syria and get out of its crisis as soon as possible "by a comprehensive political settlement guaranteeing the security and stability of the brotherly Syrian people."
For his part, the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khamis Jahnawi, said Saturday at a joint press conference with Mr. Lavrov that "Syria is an Arab country and its natural place belongs to the Arab League" .
"With regard to Syria, it is up to the Arab foreign ministers to decide what they can do, knowing that their decision to return to the Arab League is not a Tunisian national decision", did he declare.
Al-Jahnawi reiterated Tunisia's desire to speed up the settlement of the Syrian dispute and the agreement reached by the Syrians to exit the crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calls on Tunisia to reaffirm its enthusiasm for Syria's return to the Arab League, all the more so as it will host the Arab summit
Syria's accession to the Arab League was suspended at the beginning of the conflict in the country in 2011. It remains outside the university, due to the persistent division of Arab countries after its return to the country. # 39; s Organization.
Lavrov said he had discussed Syria's return to the Arab League with Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan officials, stressing the need for such a return.
"Tunisia should be interested in the return of Syria, especially as it will host the Arab summit in March," Lavrov said at a joint press conference with the minister. Tunisian Foreign Office.
"I am sure that our Tunisian friends are interested in the forthcoming return of Syrian refugees to Tunisia in Tunisia as part of strengthening the Russian position on the crisis in Syria," Lavrov said.
In recent weeks, Arab countries have witnessed more and more Arab moves towards normalization with the Syrian regime: the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have announced the resumption of the work of their embassies in Damascus and a visit of the Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in Syria.
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