“What is needed is a clear decision for a comprehensive confrontation, militarily and politically,” Arabi said at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers, a day after he and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed taking action against the militant group that controls swathes of Iraq and Syria.
An Arab League diplomat told reporters that the ministers were considering adopting a resolution on combating ISIS and “coordinating with the United States to confront this terrorist organization”.
Iraq earlier welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan for an international coalition against the militants as a “strong message of support,” after repeatedly calling for aid against ISIS.
- Obama outlined the plan at a NATO summit Friday for a broad coalition to defeat ISIS, which led an offensive that overran parts of Iraq in June and also holds significant territory in neighboring Syria.
Cairo-Arab league likely to agree resolution supporting U.S. efforts against ISIS -diplomatic sources Last Update: Sunday, 7 September 2014 KSA 15:18 - GMT 12:18 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/07/Arab-League-moves-against-ISIS.html
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Arab states to take 'necessary' steps to defeat IS jihadists...
ReplyDeleteArab state foreign ministers meeting in Cairo agreed to take all "necessary measures" to oppose Islamic State (IS) jihadists, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said Sunday, adding that the group poses an existential threat to regional governments.
Arab states agreed Sunday to take the "necessary measures" and were prepared to cooperate internationally to confront Islamic State militants, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said.
At the start of a foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo, Arabi had called for a political and military confrontation with the jihadists and other militants he said threatened the existence of Arab states.
He later stopped short of explicitly backing US air strikes targeting IS jihadists who control swathes of Iraq and Syria.
"The Arab foreign ministers have agreed to take the necessary measures to confront terrorist groups including" IS, Arabi said at a news conference.
"International cooperation is included; international cooperation on all fronts," he said.
The ministers agreed to "take all measures to counter terrorism: political, security and ideological," he added, without spelling out what these measures would be..................http://www.france24.com/en/20140907-arab-states-agree-all-necessary-steps-defeat-is-militants/
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