SYRIA: Arab League Secretary-General visits Syria to discuss the crisis in Lebanon

Record ID: 279828

  • Title: SYRIA: Arab League Secretary-General visits Syria to discuss the crisis in Lebanon
  • Date: 6th August 2006
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF MEETING BETWEEN MOUSSA AND SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT FAROUQ AL-SHARA' (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AMR MOUSSA, ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY-GENERAL, SAYING: "I won't comment on any decision before I have talked to Lebanese officials and listened to their point of view and that is what I hope to do this evening."
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAEAUAV32KN3N0G8AJE6BWM70CR
  • Story Text: Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa visited Damascus on Sunday (August 6) for meetings with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Vice President Farouq al-Shara'.
    The talks focused on developments in Lebanon.
    Moussa refused to comment on the French-American resolution before meeting with Lebanese officials later on Sunday.
    "I won't comment on any decision before I have talked to Lebanese officials and listened to their point of view and that is what I hope to do this evening," Moussa said.
    The draft U.S.-French resolution calls for a "full cessation of hostilities based upon ... the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations". It implicitly gives Israel the right to pursue "defensive" military operations.
    Moussa will proceed to Jordan and then to Beirut to attend the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers that will be held Monday (August 7) to discuss the conflict in the Middle East.
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