Arab nations were apparently closing ranks with Tripoli Saturday in the standoff over allegations that Libya was behind the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
The United States, Britain and France have called for U.N. sanctions to punish Libya for refusing to surrender two Libyans suspected in the 1988 bombing. France also accused four other Libyans of involvement in the bombing of one of its airliners the following year.The attacks claimed the lives of 441 people.
At Libya's request, the Arab League was to convene an emergency session on the issue Sunday. Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdel-Meguid told The Associated Press Saturday he doubted its members would honor the sanctions.
Abdel-Meguid said he was expressing his personal opinion, and the league's decision will be known only after Sunday's meeting. The meeting will be attended by several foreign ministers, including Egypt's.
A report from the Libyan capital on Saturday quoted Cairo's ambassador as saying that politically powerful Egypt - among the West's best Arab friends - would find it difficult to observe the sanctions.
Cairo's state-owned weekly Akbar el-Yom quoted Ambassador Mustafa el-Shazly as citing "social and family links" between the neighboring North African countries.
A Libyan envoy arrived in Amman Saturday to discuss the issue with King Hussein. The envoy, Abu Zeid Omar Dordah, also talked with Syrian, Saudi and Egyptian leaders this week.
The draft Security Council resolution, expected to be imposed next week, would ban air links with Libya, halt arms sales and urge other nations to expel most Libyan diplomats.
Libya has defied a Jan. 21 resolution demanding it hand over the suspects. It denies its citizens were involved in a crime but offered to hold a trial in Libya.