Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has warned against arming Syrian rebels, saying such a move could lead to a full-blown civil war in Syria.
Amr made the remarks on Monday, calling for a peaceful solution to the situation in the country.
"We want to give a chance for UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's mission to Syria to see what will come of it… I hope that there would be a non-military solution to the crisis through the Arab states' initiative,” he said.
"Arming the Syrian opposition, as Egypt sees it, will increase the rate of killings and will transform the situation in Syria as a whole to a full civil war," Amr added.
The comments came a day after representatives from Western and some Arab states met in Turkey to discuss the situation in Syria.
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