Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) proposed Monday at a meeting in Saudi Arabia to suspend Syria from the body for its violent crackdown on a 17-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. According to an OIC source, the top diplomats of OIC member states made the proposal at a preparatory meeting for an extra OIC summit scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday in Mecca.
The source says the decision is likely to be formally announced at the end of the second day of the summit. Iran, which has backed the Syrian government, said it opposed the resolution. Iran also accused the OIC summit’s host country of assisting the rebels.
The OIC, a body comprising 56 member states plus the Palestinian Authority, aims to represent Muslim interests on the world stage. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Mecca on Monday echoing King Abdullah’s call for the summit to increase Muslim unity.
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