Few hours after he wrapped up a two-day visit to Syria, UN-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, held talks with top Qatari officials on Monday.

Few hours after he wrapped up a two-day visit to Syria, UN-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, held talks with top Qatari officials on Monday.

Annan, who arrived in Doha on Sunday, met with the emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to "review the developments in Syria," according to a statement released by the QNA news agency.

He also held talks with foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, during which "a way out of the current crisis" was discussed, the statement said.

The statement said Qatari discussions with Annan were based on the Arab League initiative proposed on January 22 that calls for Assad to transfer power to his vice president until elections can be held.

Qatar was Annan's first stop after his two-day mission to Damascus during which he met twice with President Bashar Assad.

On Saturday Assad told Annan that he would back any "honest" bid to end the violence, but warned dialogue would fail if "terrorist groups" remained.

On Sunday Annan said he presented "concrete proposals" to Assad aimed at ending the crisis in the country.