Baku-APA. The Arab League (AL) on Tuesday said it held the Syrian administration "fully responsible" for the deadly chemical attack in the suburbs of Damascus, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
"Those behind the chemical attack in Syria should face international justice," AL chief Nabil al-Arabi said in a statement issued after an extraordinary meeting of the pan-Arab group in Cairo.
In the statement, Arabi urged the UN Security Council to urgently take all required procedures to prevent using such fatal weapons, and said the perpetrators must face international trial.
The statement also stressed the necessity for launching an initiative of ceasefire in all the Syrian territories and adopting appropriate operation to supervise and provide suitable environment for a political solution.
During the meeting, Qatar, Jordan, Libya and Saudi Arabia agreed on the necessity to condemn the Syrian government for using chemical weapons and held it accountable for all the results of the "heinous crime," the statement added.
Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal, in particular, said " firm and serious" action is needed against Damascus over a chemical weapon attack that killed hundreds of civilians, official news agency MENA reported on Tuesday.
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