AMMAN — In a breakthrough development, the Amman meeting on
Syria hosted by Jordan launched a new political track to resolve the Syrian
crisis with an Arab leadership role. The meeting called for by Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi was attended by the foreign
ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.
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It served as a starting point for a series of steps that
include Syria's return to the Arab League at the upcoming Arab summit in Saudi
Arabia, Al-Ghad reported.
Breaking the deadlockThe statement issued on behalf of all the participating
countries after the meeting represented a roadmap for resolving the Syrian
crisis.
The roadmap starts with humanitarian issues, which the
Syrian government should not hesitate to implement. The statement provides a
comprehensive and gradual methodology that addresses all aspects of the crisis
and its repercussions.
The meeting has established the foundations for a
comprehensive direct Arab-Syrian dialogue.
However, the impact of Syria's return to the Arab League
will be limited if Syria does not implement the steps in the Amman statement
and does not follow up on the path of achieving national reconciliation as
agreed upon by the Arab ministers.
Gradual steps
Taking steps to address the repercussions of the
humanitarian, security, and political crisis is necessary to soften the
international stance, which is still strict towards Syria.
The Jordanian initiative, discussed in the Jeddah meeting,
presented a detailed roadmap to the GCC countries, Jordan and Egypt, to adopt a
step-by-step methodology, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254.
The approach of the Jordan initiative and reflected by the
recent statement, stresses the need to start with non-controversial steps to
deal with the humanitarian side of the crisis aimed at helping the Syrian
people and building confidence in a way that gradually leads to addressing the
security and political aspects.
These early steps focus on measures to deliver humanitarian
aid to all Syrians in need in all areas and in accordance with Security Council
resolutions.
Confronting drug smuggling and promoting voluntary
repatriation
The Amman statement also focused on the importance of
confronting drug smuggling across the borders of Syria with Jordan and Iraq
through specific steps that include the formation of two political and security
working groups within a month to agree on the necessary measures to confront
this danger.
Creating conditions to ensure the voluntary repatriation of
refugees is also a priority for Jordan, which hosts about 1.3 million Syrian
refugees.
The Jordanian initiative includes a pilot project for the
voluntary return of about 1,000 refugees in cooperation with the UN.
Mobilizing support
The Amman meeting provides an important opportunity for the
Syrian government to start a new phase in efforts to resolve the crisis, in
cooperation with Arab countries willing to help it.
Diplomatic sources and analysts confirm that the many
contacts made by Safadi with his regional and international counterparts after
the Amman meeting show that Jordan is moving immediately to mobilize support
for the new Arab track and its method to solve a crisis that has caused catastrophic
repercussions for Syria and its people, the region and the world.
Diplomatic sources confirmed that the Arab countries in the
meeting will launch intensive efforts to support the new course and mobilize
international support to resolve the crisis. However, according to Western
diplomatic sources, this will not happen if the international community does
not take practical steps to implement the consensus of the Amman statement.
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