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UN urged to back Arab plan on Syria

Germany on Monday led European demands for strong UN Security Council support for Arab League calls for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power.

Germany's UN ambassador Peter Wittig said the Arab League plan for Syria agreed at the weekend could be a ``game changer'' for the Security Council which has been deadlocked with Russia and China vetoing one resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown.

Wittig said Germany would be following up a formal letter demanding that Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi brief the 15-member Security Council ``as soon as possible''.

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  • hillfarang

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    Discussion 1 : 24/01/2012 at 08:35 AM1

    P.S. Syria is just a "pawn" in a MAJOR GLOBAL struggle between the EU, USA, & others and Iran, China and mostly Russia who support Assad. Russia just signed a deal to sell him almost 1/2 billiopn dollars worth of their war-planes.

    Get it?

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