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(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, NOVEMBER 24 - Syria accepted to sign the protocol of the Arab League observers' mission, according to Mena press agency. A source from the Arab League reported that Secretary General Nabil el Araby received Damascus' reply by Foreign Minister Walid el Moallem, who accepted to sign the protocol on the observers'mission. The source added that, according to Syria's official reply (which is due to be read by el Araby during the Arab ministers' plenary session) the protocol will be signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Faissal al Mikdad.

The observers' mission and civilians' protection, prioritized by the League during a meeting in Rabat on November 16th, was the focus of the attention of the League's Ministerial Committee currently gathered in Cairo. The Committee will also discuss imposition of sanctions on Syria after Damascus failed to implement the Arab plan signed on November 2nd with the aim to put an end to violence in Syria. The summit will tale place in a large hotel in the Cairo suburbs, due to the fact that the Pan-Arab insitution's headquarters are based very near Tahrir Square. (ANSAmed).