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Morocco not to host Arab Summit due to lack of unity among Arab countries

Xinhua, February 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Morocco has given up its right to host the Arab League Summit due to lack of unity among Arab countries, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

Morocco's Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar has informed Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi of Morocco's decision not to host the ordinary session of the Arab Summit.

"The Arab world is going through a difficult period," Morocco's Foreign Ministry said, citing lack of "decisive collective answers" of the Arab world to the situations in Iraq, Yemen and Syria "where crises get further complicated."

In the wake of the ongoing challenges in the Arab world, the Arab Summit could not be an end in itself or an occasional ordinary meeting, it said, stressing that the objective conditions to guarantee the success of the Arab Summit and to take decisions that live up to the aspirations of Arab people are not met. Endit