Arab ministers conclude meeting on Syria

Arab foreign ministers who held a meeting in Amman affirmed priority of resolving the Syria’s crisis through a political settlement that would safeguard its sovereignty and meet the people’s aspirations.

The call came in the final statement of the meeting that grouped foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt. It was a follow-up to a gathering that comprised foreign ministers of the GCC states with their peers from Jordan, Iraq, Egypt on Syria, held in Saudi Arabia on April 14.

The ministers in the end of the freshly-concluded meeting in Amman called for creating proper conditions for safe and voluntary return of the Syrian refugees to their homeland, ridding Syria of terrorism, withdrawing all illegitimate foreign forces from the country and achieving national conciliation.

The final statement indicated that there would be more meetings at this level in the future to work on attaining the objectves outlined in the Security Council Resolution 2254

Source: Kuwait News Agency