the time being requires to reinforce relations with the Syrian government to put into effect concretely the peace plan which we adopted on Nov. 2 in the Arab League"Algiers (ANTARA News) - Algeria will not recall its ambassador to Syria, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Sunday.
"The ambassador of Algeria to Syria and the Syrian ambassador to Algeria are still welcome and will continue working fraternally and as positively as possible," Medelci said at a joint press conference held in Algiers with his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Kamel Amr.
"There`s no question for Algeria to implement the Arab League decision (related to the withdrawal of Arab ambassadors in Syria), which permit each country to take its own decision supremely," Local APS news agency quoted Medelci as saying.
Algeria has already made its decision, as it will not recall its ambassador to Damascus, Medelci added.
"On the contrary, more than ever before, the time being requires to reinforce relations with the Syrian government to put into effect concretely the peace plan which we adopted on Nov. 2 in the Arab League," the foreign minister stressed.
The Arab League (AL) on Saturday decided to suspend the activities of Syrian delegation in the pan-Arab body.
The suspension will take effect on Wednesday, Nov. 16, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani said in an official statement released after an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, where the AL headquarters is.
Meanwhile, the AL statement called for its members to withdraw their ambassadors in Syria and urged sanctions on Damascus until a peace plan it brokered is implemented.
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