Moussa Stresses Arab League is Still Working to End Lebanon Crisis

Secretary General Amr Moussa has reiterated that the Arab League is still exerting efforts to find a way out of the Lebanese political crisis amid growing Arab frustration over Syria”s rising influence in Lebanon.

 

The Arab League chief told reporters in Cairo on Thursday that he discussed with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah in Sharm el Sheikh the day before the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.

 

He said the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus has entrusted the council of Arab foreign ministers to settle Lebanon”s protracted crisis.

 

An Nahar daily on Friday quoted a source from the delegation headed by Premier Fouad Saniora to Arab countries as saying that Saudi Arabia and Egypt were increasingly frustrated over Syrian meddling in Lebanon.

 

The source said that the delegation had the impression upon its return to Beirut on Thursday that Arab-Arab and Arab-Iranian rifts were increasing as a result of Syria”s policies in Lebanon.

 

He said some Arab countries have informed Saniora that “they won”t tolerate turning Lebanon into a bargaining chip in the hands of Syria and Iran.”