Arab League chief to meet Syrian opposition

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Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi will meet with Syrian opposition groups in Cairo.

15 November,2011 05:52 am

The Secretary General will meet representatives of the Syrian opposition on Monday afternoon at the league headquarters.Arab League foreign ministers are due to meet in Rabat on Wednesday, four days after voting to suspend Syria over its deadly crackdown on protests at an extraordinary meeting in Cairo.Syrias suspension is due to go into effect on November 16.At Saturdays emergency meeting, the League agreed on the principle of economic and political sanctions against Syria and urged the withdrawal of Arab ambassadors from Damascus.It also called for a meeting with Syrian opposition groups to agree a unified vision for the coming transitional period in Syria.Arab top diplomats had met in Cairo on November 2 and drew up a plan to end the violence in Syria which has left 3,500 dead since mid-March according to the United Nations.Under the deal, Syria was given 15 days to pull back its troops from the cities that were the focus of anti-government protests, release detainees, allow free movement for observers and media and negotiate with the opposition.