Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, presiding over the opening session of the Arab League meeting in Cairo, also said the Libya crisis was an internal Arab affair, stressing that the Arabs did not want any "foreign intervention."He then called on the ministers to stand in silence in memory of Arabs killed in a wave of pro-reform protests across the region."The Arab League, at the level of permanent delegates, on Tuesday introduced a resolution to be submitted to the ministers of foreign affairs during their meeting ... to reject any foreign military intervention in Libya," Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli, deputy secretary general of the Arab League, said.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, presiding over the opening session of the Arab League meeting in Cairo, also said the Libya crisis was an internal Arab affair, stressing that the Arabs did not want any "foreign intervention."He then called on the ministers to stand in silence in memory of Arabs killed in a wave of pro-reform protests across the region."The Arab League, at the level of permanent delegates, on Tuesday introduced a resolution to be submitted to the ministers of foreign affairs during their meeting ... to reject any foreign military intervention in Libya," Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli, deputy secretary general of the Arab League, said.