interference in its internal affairs; and maintenance of its Arab and Islamic identity; and that achieving security and stability in Iraq requires the speedy completion of overall national reconciliation in Iraq. The Council stressed the need for Iraq to complete the implementation of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions. On the Syrian affairs, the Ministerial Council expressed its deep regret at the continuing events in the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic, which resulted in the fall of large numbers of dead and wounded civilians, emphasizing the GCC countries' keenness on the security, stability and the unity of Syria and at the same time expressing deep concern at the continuing bloodshed in Syria, the increasing acts of violence, and the use of the military machine and demands an immediate end to the killing machine, removal of any military manifestations, putting an end to bloodshed blood, resorting to wisdom, activation of serious and immediate reforms, meeting the aspirations of the Syrian people and working on the application of all the Arab initiative adopted by the Arab League Council at its extraordinary session on 28/8/2011, and looks forward to discussing the report by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States on his recent visit to Syria. --More
