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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 20, 2011.
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011

Open quoteWe want to emerge from this crisis and build a safe, modern Syria — a Syria that will be a model of democracy. Close quote

  • WALID MUALLEM,
  • Syrian Foreign Minister, after signing an Arab League protocol that will deploy observers in Syria; the country had wavered on whether to agree to the observers, prompting the Arab League to impose economic sanctions
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