(Xinhua) -- Syria has finally agreed to allow Arab observers into its territories to monitor the unrest, in a bid to avoid internationalizing the country's crisis amid cutting remarks from broad-based opposition that dismissed Damascus...The
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' move as "mere prevarication."
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem announced Monday that Syria has signed the long-debated protocol on an Arab observer mission in Egypt's capital Cairo, just a couple of days after the 22-member League gave Syria until Wednesday to sign the protocol, otherwise the AL would turn to the United Nations
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Security Council for action.
Al-Moallem said that had the amendments suggested by Syria not been agreed upon, the protocol wouldn't have been signed.
The amendments included preserving national illusory sovereignty and agreeing that the observers' mission should be conducted with full coordination with Syrian government.
Also among the amendments is that the duration of the observers ' mission will be just one month and it can be extended to another month upon a prior agreement by the two sides, and that the Syrian government would be briefed, in conjunction with the AL, on the mission's reports.
The protocol provides for implementing the first item of the Arab work plan, Al-Moallem said.
The AL plan calls for Syria to halt its crackdown, hold talks with the opposition and allow in Arab observers to ensure compliance with the deal. It does not call for foreign military intervention, as in Libya.
The AL recently suspended Syria's membership and imposed economic sanctions, but has been divided over whether to seek help from wider international community beyond the Arab world.
Earlier in the day, the private Al-Watan daily said that Damascus has decided to sign the protocol "to prevent some well- known Arab countries from internationalizing the Syrian crisis and making preparations for anti-Syria military action."