Syria for severing all Arab contacts, relations with Israel

The Syrian ambassador in Cairo Youssef Ahmad has called for the need of taking a strong Arab position implying severing Arab relations and contacts with Israel and this decision to be taken during the next meeting of the ministerial council of the Arab League due to be held in Cairo on Thursday.

In a statement to the Egyptian daily al-Ahram issued on Tuesday ambassador Ahmad said that the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara will not attend the ministerial meeting in case a strong Arab position will not be shown to define means of confronting the Israeli aggression against the occupied Palestinian territories. The ambassador indicated the futility of such meetings if they will be limited to statements of denunciation and condemnation.