Final statement of Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria calls for standing by Syrian people

Aqaba: The Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria called Saturday for standing by the Syrian people, providing all aid and support to them at thi...

Aqaba: The Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria called Saturday for standing by the Syrian people, providing all aid and support to them at this critical stage, and respecting their will and choices.

In a final statement at the end of a meeting in Aqaba, Jordan, the committee called for supporting a peaceful, inclusive Syrian-Syrian political transitional process, in which all Syrian political and social forces are represented, including women, youth and civil society, with justice, sponsored by the United Nations and the Arab League, and in accordance with the principles, objectives and mechanisms of Security Council Resolution No. 2254.

The statement said: At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria, formed pursuant to Resolution No. 8914 issued by the extraordinary session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level, namely the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Iraq, the Lebanese Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met today in the city of Aqaba, with the participation of the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the President of the current session of the Arab Summit.

The attendees discussed the developments Syria witnessed in the past weeks and stressed the following:

Stand by the people of Syrian, provide all aid and support to them at this critical stage, and respect their will and choices.