"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Al-Moallem: The Signature of the Protocol is a Pure National Decision- SANA



DAMASCUS, (SANA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said the Protocol of the Arab League observer mission was signed between Syria and the Arab League Secretariat-General in Cairo.

In a press conference held Monday al-Moallem said "we and the AL Secretary General relied on a mutual friend who was a legal expert and the Secretary General agreed on making some amendments on the text of Protocol's draft in which we sensed keenness on our national sovereignty and coordination of the mission's work with the government.

"We agreed on several Syrian additions, depending on that the Arab Ministerial Committee met in Doha to approve the amendments which were in the heart of the protocol," al-Moallem added, noting that the protocol provides for implementing the first article of the Arab work plan.

The Minister said that those who wants the interest of the Syrian people do not impose economic sanctions on them and seek internationalization.