SAUDI ARABIA: The Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to renew calls for Syria to abide by an Arab League peace plan designed to end military force against protesters

Record ID: 188883

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: The Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to renew calls for Syria to abide by an Arab League peace plan designed to end military force against protesters
  • Date: 19th December 2011
  • Summary: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (DECEMBER 18, 2011) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) MOTIF VENUE FOR THE GCC MEETING AT KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GROUP OF OFFICIALS WALKING PAST CAMERA INCLUDING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT OF SHOT: BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER, SHEIKH KHALED BIN AMED AL-KHALIFA (IN DARK ROBE); QATAR'S FOREIGN MINISTER (AND PRIME MINISTER), HAMAD BIN JASSIM BIN JABR AL-THANI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOREIGN MINISTER, SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN ZAYED GROUP IN RED DISH DASHES WALKING PAST CAMERA, INCLUDING, IN SUN GLASSES, SAUDI ARABIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL VARIOUS OF DELEGATES AND MINISTERS, SEATED FOR MEETING KUWAIT'S FINANCE MINISTER, SHEIKH NASSER AL-MOHAMMAD AL SABAH, SEATED, AS MAN TO HIS LEFT POINTS TO DOCUMENT VARIOUS OF DELEGATES AND MINISTERS MEDIA LEAVING MEETING ROOM
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAE5D8K76M21Z5CYUWXAYYNDEOX
  • Story Text: Foreign ministers and delegates from the Gulf Cooperation Council were gathering on Saturday (December 18) for a summit meeting that's expected to renew calls for Syria to abide by an Arab League peace plan.
    Speaking ahead of the GCC meeting, Omani Foreign Minister Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah said on Sunday he was optimistic Syria will sign the peace plan, to end the violent crackdown on anti-government protests before an Arab League meeting later this week.
    A committee of Arab foreign ministers on Syria said on Saturday (December 17) Arab states may take their proposals for ending Damascus's crackdown on protests to the U.N. Security Council next week unless the Arab country agreed to implement the initiative.
    A GCC effort to bring about a peaceful power transition in Yemen received a boost as the summit meeting got underway.
    A Yemeni dissident army general said on Sunday he backed the GCC peace accord signed last month, lending support to efforts to pull Yemen from the brink of civil war.
    General Ali Mohsen's announcement came one day after both his forces, and troops loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, began withdrawing from the capital Sanaa as part of the Gulf-brokered deal.
    Among the issues due to be discussed by GCC ministers was whether to back a controversial new port planned on Kuwait's maritime border with Iraq, that has left many politicians in Iraq complaining it harms their ports in Basra.
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