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Arab League to pursue efforts

Reuters | By, Cairo
Feb 06, 2012 12:07 AM IST

Arab states will not stop their efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis even though their bid to secure UN backing was blocked by Russia and China, the Arab League's secretary-general said in a statement obtained by Reuters on Sunday.

Arab states will not stop their efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis even though their bid to secure UN backing was blocked by Russia and China, the Arab League's secretary-general said in a statement obtained by Reuters on Sunday.

Nabil Elaraby also said the Russian and Chinese veto "does not negate that there is clear international support for the resolutions of the Arab League", which had sought UN Security Council backing for a decision that called for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside so talks with the opposition could start.

The League statement was expected to be issued more widely later on Sunday.

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Elaraby and Qatar's prime minister, whose country heads the League committee following the Syrian crisis, had briefed members of the council on the plan before the vote.

"The Arab League will continue efforts with the Syrian government and opposition, and coordinating with all sides related to the Syrian issue, in order to realise the higher objectives which the Arab League is working towards," Elaraby's statement said.

It cited those goals as ending all acts of violence and killing, protecting unarmed citizens and finding a political solution to enable reforms that protect Syria's unity "and avoids any... foreign military intervention."

The statement said Elaraby "expressed hope that the Syrian government heeds the demands of its people and ends the violence and bloodshed."

Foreign ministers would meet on Feb. 11 to discuss the Syrian crisis and will "take the appropriate decisions to deal with these developments including presenting the issue another time to the Security Council," the statement said.

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