EGYPT: Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, offers no criticism of international strikes after Arab League/EU meeting

Record ID: 738061

  • Title: EGYPT: Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, offers no criticism of international strikes after Arab League/EU meeting
  • Date: 21st March 2011
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MARCH 20, 2011) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS SOME FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF ARAB LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT JERZY BUZEK ARRIVING PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, JERZY BUZEK WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, AMR MOUSSA (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, JERZY BUZEK, SAYING: "The Arab and the European Nations have been working hand in hand to enforcing the resolution. The momentum for this cooperation must be kept, we must avert humanitarian catastrophe." CUTAWAY OF CAMERAMAN FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, JERZY BUZEK, SAYING: "The international community is taking action to stop atrocities in Libya, we welcome that and Gaddafi must stop killing his own people." CUTAWAY OF FLAGS OF ARAB COUNTRIES MOUSSA SHAKING HANDS WITH BUZEK BUZEK WALKING OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, AMR MOUSSA, SAYING: "So far as we are concerned, the Arab League, we requested Security Council to establish a no-fly zone in order to protect the civilians, in addition to safe areas for the civilians to sit in without attacks on them. But the Military developments that happened today, I really have no reports as yet." CUTAWAY OF FLAGS OF ARAB COUNTRIES HUNG IN ARAB LEAGUE COURTYARD (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN, ABD ELMEGEED HASSANEIN, SAYING: "I give 100 % approval [to the Air Strikes on Libya]. It would be even better for them to aim at where he [Gaddafi] is staying and demolish that as well. He is not human, neither him nor his children. So it would be better to get rid of him, it would be better for Libya to get rid of him because he destroyed the country." BUZEK WALKING NEAR TAHRIR SQUARE WITH JOURNALISTS WALKING IN HIS WAKE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN, AMR HOSNI, SAYING: "It shouldn't have been the European Union [ to strike]. Arab countries should have done that. We shouldn't wait for the European Union's help for a strike. Arab countries should unite. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Arab countries that are meant to be one nation are the ones that should have initiated the strikes not the European countries." BUZEK WALKING NEAR TAHRIR SQUARE SURROUND BY SECURITY AND JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN, ZAKER BAKIR, SAYING: "In all honesty, all Arab leaders that have been in power for long should be replaced. Whether or not that is done through an external strike or from their own people they need to be ousted. They've done all they could do and Arab nations have never benefited from them in any situation." EXTERIOR OF ARAB LEAGUE WITH DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE ITS GATES
  • Embargoed: 5th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA34J84AVBUYNWFK0JX5421TBZ8
  • Story Text: No Moussa criticism of international strikes after Arab League/EU meeting.
    The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, speaking immediately after meeting the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, said he supported the no-fly zone, he has since been quoted by Egyptian media as having reservations.
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