Arab foreign ministers to discuss resolution supporting Syria

Syria's foreign minister said on Saturday that the Arab ministerial preparatory meeting in Khartoum is to discuss a draft resolution to be adopted by the Arab League Summit which would condemn sanctions against Syria and call on Washington to lift them, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.

Foreign Minister Walid Muaallem told SANA in Khartoum, where he was attending the ministerial preparatory meeting ahead of the Arab Summit beginning March 28, that the ministers will send the summit a draft resolution which condemns the unilateral sanctions imposed by the US administration and ask Washington for constructive dialogue with Syria and to lift these sanctions The resolution stresses full Arab solidarity with Syria, Muaallem said.