EGYPT: Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo to discuss ongoing Syrian crisis and the imposition of sanctions

Record ID: 280076

  • Title: EGYPT: Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo to discuss ongoing Syrian crisis and the imposition of sanctions
  • Date: 25th November 2011
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (NOVEMBER 24, 2011) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) MEETING OF ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMITTEE FOR SYRIAN INITIATIVE EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMED KAMEL AMR, PAN TO DEPUTY ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF, AHMED BIN HELI AND QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER, HAMAD BIN JASSIM AL THANI WIDE OF MEETING HAMAD BIN JASSIM AL THANI AND ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL, NA
  • Embargoed: 10th December 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAC3WT5OIKH40F4KGYU02OXFLBD
  • Story Text: A committee of five Arab ministers met on Thursday (November 24) to discuss an end to seven months of violent clampdowns on pro-democracy protesters in Syria.
    Ministers from Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Sudan and Algeria gathered in Cairo to discuss sanctions on Syria for failing to implement an Arab League plan to end a crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
    The Nov. 12 agreement to suspend Syrian membership was backed by 18 of the pan-Arab organization's 22 members.
    Lebanon, where Syria for many years had a military presence, and Yemen, battling its own uprising, opposed it.
    Iraq, whose Shi'ite-led government is wary of offending Syria's main ally Iran, abstained.
    Arab ministers were meeting in a Cairo suburb instead of the Arab League's headquarters in Tahrir Square, occupied by protesters after days of clashes with police in nearby streets.
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