Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi revealed that Syria will soon be able to return to the Arab League, which suspended its membership in 2011, but that there are many challenges awaiting it in resolving the conflict that has been going on for more than a decade in the country.
Al-Safadi said in remarks broadcast by CNN today (Friday): “Syria has enough votes among the 22 members of the League to regain its seat,” stressing that the return to the League of Arab States will take place, and this will be important from a point of view. symbolism, but this is just the very humble beginning of a process that will be very long, difficult and challenging given the complexities of the crisis after 12 years of conflict.
The Jordanian foreign minister considered that Syria’s willingness to make real progress in resolving the conflict would help it win decisive Arab support to press for an eventual end to Western sanctions, which constitute a major obstacle to starting major reconstruction efforts.
For his part, a spokesman for the League of Arab States said yesterday (Thursday): “The Arab ministers will meet in Cairo (Sunday) to discuss the situation in Syria.”
It is noteworthy that many Arab countries have recently resumed communication with Syria through high-level visits and meetings.
And Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad met in a meeting held in Amman last Monday for the first time with Arab ministers as part of a Jordanian initiative to urge Damascus to negotiate a peace plan. The initiative formulates a road map to end the conflict, including addressing the issues of refugees, detainees, missing persons, drug smuggling, and Iranian armed groups in Syria.
