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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus on January 24, 2012. Muallem rejected an Arab League solution to the unrest sweeping his country, accusing the 22-member bloc of plotting to internationalise the crisis.

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Seated under a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem addresses a press conference in Damascus on December 19, 2011, pledging Syria's full cooperation with Arab observers after his government finally agreed to allow a mission in to monitor a deal...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem addresses a press conference in Damascus on December 19, 2011, pledging Syria's full cooperation with Arab observers after his government finally agreed to allow a mission in to monitor a deal to end nine months of bloodshed. The deal, signed at...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) chats with Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani as they walk out of a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on November 30, 2011. Foreign ministers of the...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem attends a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on November 30, 2011. Foreign ministers of the world's largest Muslim body urged Syria to cooperate with the Arab League, which imposed...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem arrives to attend a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), aimed to seek ways of ending the bloodshed in Syria, in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on November 30, 2011.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem sits under a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad as he speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 28, 2011 where he hit out at the Arab League for the treatment it has meted out to Damascus, accusing it of ignoring the presence of 'terrorists'...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 28, 2011 where he hit out at the Arab League for the treatment it has meted out to Damascus, accusing it of ignoring the presence of 'terrorists' in the country and prematurely imposing economic...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks under a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a press conference in Damascus on November 20, 2011. Muallem dismissed as 'wishful thinking' a warning by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that his country risked descending...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 20, 2011. Muallem dismissed as 'wishful thinking' a warning by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that his country risked descending into civil war.

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Syrians hold up their national flag as they rally in front of the Foreign Ministery as their Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks to the press in the capital Damascus, on November 14, 2011. Muallem said that the government in Damascus will not budge despite its suspension from the Arab...

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Syrians hold up their national flag and images of President Bashar al-Assad as they rally in front of the Foreign Ministery as their Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks to the press in the capital Damascus, on November 14, 2011. Muallem said that the government in Damascus will not...

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Syrian rally in front of the Foreign Ministery as their Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks to the press in the capital Damascus, on November 14, 2011. Muallem said that the government in Damascus will not budge despite its suspension from the Arab League, which he warned was a...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks under a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad during a press conference in Damascus on November 14, 2011. Muallem said that the government in Damascus will not budge despite its suspension from the Arab League, which he warned was a...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem holds a press conference in Damascus on November 14, 2011. Muallem said that the government in Damascus will not budge despite its suspension from the Arab League, which he warned was a 'dangerous step.'

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrillasit sit at a joint news conference with other ALBA member Foreign Ministers (unseen) in Damascus, on October 09 , 2011.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem talks to reporters during a visit of ALBA countries' foreign ministers to Damascus, on October 09 2011. Syria will retaliate against any country that recognises the opposition National Council, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said.

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From L-R : Bolivia Communications Minister Eban Canelas, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro Moros, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla , Deputy Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Pablo Villa Gomez and Deputy Foreign Minister of...

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From L-R : Bolivia Communications Minister Eban Canelas, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro Moros, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla , Deputy Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Pablo Villa Gomez and Deputy Foreign Minister of...

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Walid Al-Moualem, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Syria, steps away from the podium after delivering an address to the 66th General Assembly Session at the United Nations on September 26, 2011 in New York City. The annual event, which is being dominated...

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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem addresses the 66th UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 26, 2011.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks under a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad during a press conference in Damascus on June 22, 2011 where he rejected any foreign meddling in his country's internal affairs while stressing that Damascus was keen on maintaining good ties with...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem gestures during a press conference in Damascus on June 22, 2011 where he rejected any foreign meddling in his country's internal affairs while stressing that Damascus was keen on maintaining good ties with longtime ally Turkey.

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CORRECTING IDENTITY OF SYRIAN OFFICIAL Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (L) walks behind his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem (R) upon the latter's arrival at the foreign ministry in Baghdad on May 31, 2011. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called after a meeting with Muallem...

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A Syrian government supporter holds a sign in front of pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a pro-regime rally in Damascus on January 27, 2012. The sign reads in Arabic 'Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem is a mountain that winds can't shake, his Saudi counterpart...