Damascus, Sep 10 : Syrian forces killed seven people today to crush anti-regime dissent, activists said, as the Arab League rejected foreign interference in Syria and announced an agreement on reforms.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi met President Bashar al-Assad with a 13-point document outlining Arab proposals to broker an end to the bloodshed in Syria, hold elections and push for reforms in the League member state.
During his talks with Assad, Arabi said the League and other Arab countries “reject any form of foreign interference in Syrian domestic affairs,” the official news agency SANA reported.
Arabi said upon returning to Cairo that they had reached an “agreement on steps to carry out the reforms, (and) the elements will be submitted to the council of the Arab League,” which meets in Cairo on Monday.
SANA reported that Assad said that there was a need “to not get caught in campaigns of disinformation against Syria.” It said Assad denounced the campaign of spreading “wrong facts” aimed in his opinion “to harm the image of Syria and destabilise” the country.
Arabi's remarks come as the United States is set to ramp up work on a UN Security Council resolution targeting Syria. “We're looking at accelerating that work next week,” US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in reference to a draft resolution likely to include sanctions. Arabi's mission came three days later than originally planned and as activists reported seven new deaths. (AFP)
