Westerwelle
Won't Comment
on Spying on
Syria, Elaraby
Easy
on US
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 26
-- When German
foreign
minister Guido
Westerwelle
and the Arab
League's Nabil
Elaraby
appeared for
an 8:30
am press
conference on
Wednesday,
seven hours
before the
German-organized
UN Security
Council
meeting about
the Arab
League,
each made a
point of
speaking in
their native
language, for
the home
audience.
But
Inner City
Press got in
two questions
in English,
one of which
was
dodged and the
other not
directly
answered.
Inner
City Press
asked
Westerwelle
about reports
that German
ships have
been
collecting
intelligence
from Syria,
for example on
army
movements, and
providing it
to the Syria
opposition.
Westerwelle
said
he would not
comment on
that. It was
in the German
newspaper Die
Welt. Some say
there are
countries that
want to be
able to tell
their
home audience
they are
helping the
rebels, but
then... don't
want to
answer
questions
about it.
Elaraby
had
said that
Palestine is
the most
important
issue. Inner
City Press
asked about
the draft(s)
of a Council
Presidential
Statement for
the
afternoon, and
about what
Council
sources tell
Inner City
Press is
the "Host
Country's"
opposition to
a reference to
Palestine
and the Arab
peace
initiative.
But
Elaraby did
not answer
about this
specific
opposition,
rather saying
that the
tragedy of
Palestine was
caused by the
Security
Council, and
should be
fixed by it.
Welcome to the
world of the
Security
Council
veto -- as on
Syria. Watch
this site.
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