RIYADH (AFP) — Saudi Arabia and some other Gulf states will stay away from an Arab summit in Damascus later this month unless Lebanon is invited, whether it has a new president or not, a Gulf official said Monday.
“Saudi Arabia and some other Gulf states are waiting for Syria to invite Lebanon to the summit in order to decide their attendance. If Lebanon is not invited, (these) Gulf states will not show up,” the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
Lebanon, which has been without a president since November, is in the throes of a political crisis that has strained relations between Syria and regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, casting a shadow over the annual Arab summit Damascus is due to host from March 29 to 30.
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1. Rodge | March 4th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The Arabs are retreating as usual,
First they refused to go if a Lebanese President was not elected, and now it is not important anymore for them, all they want is to see Lebanon attending, and later on they will accept anyone to present the country, even if he is Nabih Berri as some people are suggesting.
So now they lost the first case: No president will be elected before the summit.
Now they are trying to gain a Syrian recognition in the Lebanese Government, but of course they will fail also.
In my opinion, Bashar was right when he described them of being “Ashbah al Rijal”, eventhough Bashar himself is anything near to a man or even to a human being, he’s a coward a dog and full of bullshit.
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