Decision to Reintegrate Syria into Arab League Should Be Stimulus to Launch Political Process Leading to Comprehensive Lasting Solution to Crisis in this Country
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, said Sunday in Cairo that the decision of the Arab League concerning the return of Syria to its Arab family should be a stimulus to launch a political process leading to a comprehensive and lasting solution to the crisis in this country, recalling in this regard the vision of HM King Mohammed VI on the need to contain the crises and treat them in their appropriate framework.
Speaking at the session devoted to the Syrian question at the emergency meeting of Arab Foreign ministers, Bourita stressed that the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this direction, on the basis that the good does not come with division but rather with unity and complementarity, will make the upcoming Arab summit in Jeddah a real opportunity for the reunification of Arab ranks.
Bourita recalled on this occasion the historical ties between Morocco and Syria which are rooted in the blood of Moroccan, Syrian and Arab soldiers who mingled and spilled during the war of October 1973 in defense of the integrity of this Arab country, stressing that His Majesty the King has always paid attention to the Syrian crisis and its various repercussions, foremost among which is the human dimension.
After deploring the ordeal, violence and unrest that have affected this thousand-year-old country over the past twelve years, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates said that this crisis has had a negative impact on the Syrians’ peace of mind, their living conditions and their individual aspirations towards broad horizons offered by freedom, openness and effective participation in public affairs, in addition to the impact of this crisis on all the countries in the region.
He stressed that the Arab group was sincerely seeking to play a role in extinguishing the flames of escalation, but the acceleration of events and foreign interventions prevented it.
“We would like to ask ourselves to move clearly on the healthy and sustainable path, if the return of Syria to the League of Arab States is a goal in itself, then it is a perception, and if the goal goes beyond, then it is another perception that makes the Arab League one of the ways out for peace and security, and one of the faithful partners of Syria to achieve its aspirations for development and prosperity,” said the minister.
Bourita added that “if we are committed to the principle of preserving Syria’s sovereignty, its territorial integrity, the cohesion of its society and non-interference in its internal affairs, as one of the constant values of our work, then the joint commitment is a virtue and a duty, which are translated into concrete measures to prove the ability to address other urgent issues, for the Syrians themselves and for the Arab and other countries, such as the safe return of refugees, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian and medical aid, launching the process of national reconciliation and the fight against terrorism in all forms”.
The minister concluded that this could make this Arab dynamism towards the Syrian issue consistent with the efforts of the UN Special Envoy to Syria to achieve a breakthrough in this crisis with the help of the Syrians themselves, in a way that takes into account the interest of the Syrian people and avoids turning this country into a quagmire to settle the political calculations of external parties.
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