Arab League sources said on Thursday that the return of Syria’s activities in the organization hinges on the consensus of all member states.
The issue has been previously discussed but no consensus has been reached, the sources said.
On the reopening of the United Arab Emirates embassy in Damascus, the sources said that the Arab League does not interfere in such issues, insisting that the matter was part of the sovereignty of Arab states.
The past few days have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity that looks set to continue until the next summit of the Arab League, due in Tunis in March.
Recent discussions on the return of Syria to the Arab League “have not yielded a consensus," Hossam Zaki, the League's deputy secretary general, told reporters in Cairo this week.
"This does not rule out a possible change of the Arab position in the future," he added.
Meanwhile, Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit lamented that the Arab Spring has only left destruction and led to the proliferation of terrorism in the region.
During a seminar organized by Cairo University, he said that the Arab Spring caused the spread of waves of extremism and terrorism, which the region’s countries needed to confront.
“The destruction of Arab countries and the killing of hundreds of thousands of Arabs cannot be called Arab Spring,” he said.
“The revolutions that have taken place in Arab countries were destructive because they led to the proliferation of terrorism,” Aboul Gheit added.
