Iraq renews call for unfreezing Syria's AL membership

Iraq's Ambassador to Egypt and the Arab League Ahmed al Dulaimi has renewed a call for Syria's return to the Arab League which suspended its membership in 2011.

Addressing the 152nd session of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives on Sunday, he called on Syrians, Yemenis and Libyans to put their differences aside to achieve national reconciliation, security and stability in their countries.

The Iraqi diplomat warned of the growing challenges affecting the Arab region, pointing out to the importance of reconsidering the way of addressing the many problems and crises the Arab world is facing.

He praised the success of the Iraqi army in defeating terrorism a matter that helped push forward the country's reconstruction process.

On the Palestinian problem Dulaimi called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility for ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Al Quds (East Jerusalem) as its capital.

Somali ambassador to the Arab League and Egypt Mohamed Abdel Ghani, who handed over the chairmanship of the new session to Iraq's ambassador, called for a stronger Arab stand to confront challenges besetting the region, denouncing Israeli atrocities in the Palestinian territories and the US decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.