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.jpg) Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour called on Wednesday for Syria's suspension from the Arab League to be lifted in order to help find a political solution to the conflict in the country, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Damascus was suspended from membership of the Cairo-based League in November 2011.
“I call for Syria's membership of the Arab League to be unblocked,” Mansour told a League ministerial meeting. “Communication with Syria ... is essential for a political solution.”
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government is dominated by a coalition including the Hezbollah and its mainly Shia and Christian allies who support Assad.
Mikati has said his country would respect any decisions taken by the League over Syria. However, Mansour has been critical of the Cairo-based organization's steps against Damascus.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists are the driving factor behind the unrest and deadly violence while the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the killings.
Western states have been calling for Assad to step down. However, Russia and China are strongly opposed to the Western drive to oust Assad.
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the armed militants are foreign nationals, mostly from Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia.
(Agencies)
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