> Thursday 27th March, 2008
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> Egyptian support for Syrian summit meeting wanes
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> Big News Network.com Wednesday 26th March, 2008
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> Egypt has announced that its foreign minister will not attend the Arab
> League summit scheduled to be held in Damascus at the weekend.
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> A lower ranking official will go in his place.
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> The summit's host, President Bashir al-Assad, had already received
> setbacks for his summit meeting when it was announced Saudi Arabia and
> Lebanon would also only send low-level delegations.
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> Diplomatic sources say that Jordan and Morocco will soon follow the
> example.
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> The measures were motivated by tensions between Syria and a number of
> countries in the region regarding Damascus' role in Lebanese politics.
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> For the past four months, Lebanon has been without a president due to
> a dispute between pro-Western government parties and the pro-Syria
> opposition.
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> Many countries in the region hold Syria responsible for the crisis.
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