EGYPT: Members of the Syrian opposition hold talks with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, say Kofi Annan's peace plan must be be followed to achieve peace

Record ID: 280681

  • Title: EGYPT: Members of the Syrian opposition hold talks with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, say Kofi Annan's peace plan must be be followed to achieve peace
  • Date: 3rd May 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 2, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF ARAB LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS WITH FLAG ON ROOF VARIOUS OF WATER FOUNTAIN WITH FLAGS OF ARAB COUNTRIES ARAB LEAGUE CREST ON BUILDING VARIOUS OF ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL NABIL ELARABY MEETING RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY'S MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT CHIEF, SERGEI VERSHININ ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL
  • Embargoed: 18th May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADONSPDETNO75AVHRJE4IG4BSJ
  • Story Text: Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby on Wednesday (May 2) held talks with members of the Syrian opposition and a representative of Russia to discuss Syrian crisis.
    Elaraby met Sergei Vershinina representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia, which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has relied upon as a shield against global censure and Western pressure to cede power, continues to put most of the blame for ceasefire violations on his opponents. Russia on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" for recent attacks in Syria and accused rebels of conducting a concerted campaign to ensure U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan fails.
    Elaraby also met with leaders of the Syrian local co-ordination committee in Cairo.
    After the meeting, committee president Ragaa al-Nasser said everybody agreed that Kofi Annan's peace plan should be followed.
    "I think we agreed on everything. The Arab League has a real desire to support Kofi Annan's initiative and for it to be successful and we - as a Syrian association - have the same position. We see it is not permissible to bet on any alternative plan," al-Nasser said The United Nations now has 30 blue-helmeted monitors inside Syria, a nation of 23 million people, and this week accused both pro-and anti-Assad forces of violating the three-week-old truce.
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