Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Decide Arab League summit involving Libyan

The secretary general of the Arab League, Amro Musa, said that a decision of Libya's participation in the Arab summit in Baghdad on March 23 at the meeting of foreign ministers scheduled for early this month. In a press conference in Cairo after being questioned about the possibility of prohibiting the participation Libya in the Arab summit, Moussa said that "this matter be decided during the discussions at the meeting of Arab foreign ministers early next March ".

Musa was speaking after yesterday's permanent ambassadors of the Arab League decided to suspend the participation of Libya, which currently chairs the pan-Arab organization in all its meetings. In the Arab summit in Baghdad, Libya would transfer the rotating annual presidency of Iraq, the country hosting the meeting of heads of state.

In a statement, the recommended permanent ambassadors to discuss the degree of compliance by Libya with the requirements of the Arab League at the next meeting of their foreign ministers next March 2. Some of these requests are the immediate cessation of acts of violence, a national dialogue to meet the demands of the Libyan people and the fulfillment of their aspirations and hopes of freedom, reform and democratic change and social justice.

Musa expressed his hope that "the Libyan end attacks on civilians because there is great discontent in the world compared to what happens in Libya, as agencies that disseminate news about the tragic situation prevailing in Libya." The leader of the Arab League attended the news conference with Foreign Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, who is visiting Cairo, with whom he discussed the situation in the Middle East and Libya.

The Swedish minister stressed the importance of working to stop violence in Libya and called it "sign" the statement yesterday by the Arab League. "My country is interested in what is happening in Libya and that no part of the simple protection of interests, but the conviction of the importance attached to human rights," he said.

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