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On: Sun 26/02/2012 9:47
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government has ruled out Syrian opposition invitation to attend the Arab Summit to be held in Baghdad next March, revealing Saudis rejected a proposal processed (the opposition) armed, and considered it a way to create a big mess that will impact on Iraq,
Position welcomed by the security and defense committee in the House of Representatives, stressing the need for non-interference in Syrian affairs, because help any party at the expense of the other, would, according to members of the Committee to the negative effects, both with the departure of the present Syrian government or its survival. "
Sources close to the President of the Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said (range) earlier that Baghdad will adhere to the position of the Arab League to the crisis, the Syrian, although they have shown of the reservation to the decisions in the past period, especially in matters of suspension of its membership in the Arab League and the imposition of economic sanctions, but the conviction of the Gulf to hold the summit in Baghdad has made the government review its position towards what is known as the unanimous Arab toward the practices of the Syrian government against its opponents demanding the departure of the President of the Bashar al-Assad.
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Syria was "not invited" to the forthcoming Arab summit in Baghdad, ruling also invited the Syrian opposition to attend.
In parallel, said Zebari said the Iraqi government "has given commitments" as able to protect the areas that will hold the next Arab summit in Baghdad on 29 March.
Zebari said in a recorded interview with the channel "Iraq," the semi-official "decision on Syria's participation in the summit is not our decision but the decision of the Arab League, Iraq is committed to the decision of the university. "
He said that "Syria is not invited did not draw an invitation to it (...), which means it's not covered by the invitations Snugeha to Arab countries to attend the summit which is supposed to be held in Baghdad on 29 next March. "
he said "From now until the date of the summit for a long time and through consultations (...) We will get clarity on this matter."
ruled out Zebari invited the Syrian opposition to the summit, saying, "Through my observation of the peaks of the other, did not let the opposition to the previous summits, especially the summit taking place at the level of leaders. "
The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki a week ago he hoped to attend the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his representative of the Arab summit, but he stressed that Iraq would abide by the decision of the Arab League on the issue of attendance this.
of Meanwhile, a day after a series of bombings in Iraq killed and wounded dozens, Zebari said: "We are committed and we have given firm commitments that we are able and we can protect and preserve areas or areas that will be the activities of the summit."
He said that the security delegation the Arab world paid a visit to Iraq-concluded Thursday "was the assessment that there are security challenges, but the issue of the summit and areas of geographic will be in these areas is guaranteed and insured."
This comes at a time announced Adviser to the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Saturday, that the Iraqi government informed the Arab League, its categorical rejection of the proposal, the Saudi and Qatari judge arming Syrian opposition to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said yesterday in a press statement during a meeting of "Friends of Syria", which was held in Tunis, that "the idea of arming the Syrian opposition is an excellent idea because the Syrian regime lost its legitimacy and is more like a power occupation, no longer can invoke the sovereignty and international law to prevent the international community to protect people who are exposed to daily massacres of unspeakable cruelty, and there is no way out of the crisis, but the transfer of power, either willingly or unwillingly. "
the agency quoted a Kurdish news for Mary Rayes Chancellor in the Office Maliki, that "the Iraqi government informed the Arab League reiterated its categorical rejection of the proposal of arming the Syrian opposition because the move would create chaos and civil war in Syria," pointing out that "Iraq is holding with the reforms and settlement through dialogue between the government and the opposition in Syria."
and participated more than 70 state and the international group at the meeting of "Friends of Syria," which kicked off in Tunis yesterday, as the purpose of the meeting, which includes Western and Arab powers to put pressure on President Assad to facilitate humanitarian access within a few days for civilians who are facing an attack by his forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights pointed out yesterday that the death toll of civilians and military personnel since the start of the popular uprising in Syria against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad mid March / March reached 7 thousand and 673 people.
And at the same A member of the security and defense committee in the House of Representatives Chuan Mohamed Taha in a telephone conversation with ( range) yesterday that "the government's decision was good, the Baghdad and had refused to interfere in their affairs they also do not want to interfere in the affairs of other countries."
He said Taha "There is talk of arming the Syrian government and another emphasizes the need to arm Almardaan and both sides are wrong, because in This negative effect or whether the departure of Assad's survival, and we leave things to the Syrian people and work to find peaceful solutions that will stop the military operations taking place in Damascus for a long time through the peaceful transfer of power does not work and armed military revolutions. "
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