News / Brèves Back to previous selection / Retour à la sélection précédente Russia Denounces the Arab League’s Call for Illegal Arms to the Syrian Rebels 28 March 2013 (LPAC)—The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Arab League of blatantly breaking international law by encouraging its members to provide arms to the Syrian opposition. The Tuesday declaration by the Arab League not only granted the Saudi-Qatari- funded opposition to take Syria’s seat in the organization, but also "acknowledeged member countries’ right to provide all means of self defense to the Syrian opposition." The Russian Foreign Ministry statement, according to Ria Novosti, said that "as far as international law is concerned, the league’s decisions on Syria are illegal and baseless, because the government of the Syrian Arab Republic remains a legitimate representative of this UN member state. The decision also contradicts the general principles of the Geneva Communiqué, proposing to establish a transitional Syrian government that would comprise both the Syrian authorities and opposition forces." Today in Doha, the government of Qatar, which, together with the Saudis is arming and funding the terrorist forces in Syria with full support from Obama and London, turned over the Syrian Embassy to the opposition. In a ceremony attended by Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (even though he had resigned as head of the Syrian National Council) and Ghassan Hitto, the American citizen declared to be the "Prime Minister" of Syria, as well as foreign dignitaries, the Syrian Embassy was turned over and SNC member Nizar al-Haraki named as Ambassador.