AQABA: Prime diplomats from eight Arab nations, assembly in Jordan on Saturday (Dec 14), referred to as for a peaceable transition in Syria with UN and Arab League assist following Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.
In a closing assertion after the talks within the Jordanian Crimson Sea port of Aqaba, overseas ministers from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar mentioned they’d agreed to “assist a peaceable transition course of” in Syria, “during which all political and social forces are represented”.
Anti-Assad forces, led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), toppled the longtime ruler on Sunday following a lightning offensive.
HTS is rooted in Al-Qaeda’s Syria department and is designated as a “terrorist” organisation by many Western governments however has sought to reasonable its rhetoric.
A transitional authorities put in by the insurgent forces has insisted the rights of all Syrians can be protected, as will the rule of legislation.
The overseas ministers, assembly in Aqaba within the presence of Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit, mentioned the political course of in Syria needs to be supported by “the United Nations and the Arab League, in accordance with the ideas of Safety Council Decision 2254” of 2015, which set out a roadmap for a negotiated settlement.
