Arab foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on Syria in Cairo Saturday, as Damascus insisted it had accepted an Arab League plan to end the unrest.

Arab foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on Syria in Cairo Saturday, as Damascus insisted it had accepted an Arab League plan to end the unrest.

A five-member Arab League committee on Syria met Friday in Cairo with a delegation from the newly formed opposition Syrian National Council.
The committee is led by Qatar and includes the foreign ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Oman and Sudan.

Syria's permanent representative to the Arab League, Youssef Ahmad, said that he had presented an official memorandum to the Arab League indicating that his country welcomed a visit by the mission.

"The visit of the League's members to Syria will contribute in showing the reality of our commitment to the (Arab League) plan and reveal the motives and agendas of some internal and external sides which are seeking to foil the Arab plan," said Ahmed.

Syria was still abiding by the plan, the official SANA news agency quoted him as saying.