DAMASCUS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Sunday that some of the Arab League's monitoring protocol were "unattainable" and the plan has "virtually ended."
The protocol included some "impossible" phrases which were " unattainable," Moallem told reporters, stressing that Syria has cooperated positively with the Arab League's plan.
Moallem said the protocol, submitted to the Syrian government by the Arab League to permit observers into the country to verify whether it has taken measures to protect civilians, has "virtually ended."
He said the protocol should come as a result of a dialogue between two parties and shouldn't be dictated from one party on the other.
Moallem also accused some Arab states of employing the Arab League to raise the Syrian issue to the United Nations Security Council.
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