Meeting of Arab follow-up committee on Iraq to meet tomorrow

The Arab follow-up committee for lifting the sanctions off Iraq is convening tomorrow morning, in which Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid is participating.

The committee includes the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Morocco, Syria and Yemen.

Arab diplomatic sources told ArabicNews.com that the efforts exerted by Abdul Meguid and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa succeeded in easing the tension that prevailed at the consultative meeting of the Arab foreign ministers held on January 24, from which the Iraqi delegation withdrew.

The sources added that al-Sharaa and Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajamal as well as Abdul Meguid support issuing a decision that urges the U.S.A and Britain to stop using force against Iraq.