Monday, January 23, 2012

Syria rejects Arab League call for power change


DAMASCUS: Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League (AL) plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a 'flagrant interference,' state TV quoted an official as saying.'Syria rejects the decisions taken which are outside an Arab working plan, and considers them an attack on its national sovereignty and a flagrant interference in internal affairs,' the official was quoted as saying.Earlier on Sunday, the Arab League asked the UN to support a new plan for resolving the crisis in Syria that sees President Bashar al-Assad transferring power to his deputy and a government of national unity within two months.Assad should 'delegate powers to the vice president to liaise with a government of national unity,' to be formed in two months, according to a statement read by Qatari premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani after Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to determine the fate of their observer mission. (AFP)

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