Report: China Envoy Takes Six-Point Peace Plan to Syria
A Chinese envoy sent to discuss ways to end the crisis gripping Syria was to discuss a six-point peace plan with Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and opposition figures on Wednesday, a newspaper reported.
Li Huaxin, quoted in al-Watan daily, said he already met on Tuesday with Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnus to discuss "the six-point vision of China" on the year-old bloodshed in Syria.
On Sunday, China's foreign ministry unveiled a six-point initiative which calls for an immediate end to the violence and for dialogue between President Bashar Assad's regime and the opposition.
Beijing's proposal rejects foreign interference or "external action for regime change" in Syria but supports the role of the U.N. Security Council "in strict accordance with the purposes and principles of the U.N. charter."
Both China and Russia have been widely criticized for vetoing two U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning Syria's bloody crackdown on anti-regime protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 7,500 lives.
Li was also expected to meet representatives of opposition groups headed by Hassan Abdel Azim of the National Committee for Democratic Change, Luay Hussein and Kadri Jamil, according to al-Watan.
Source: Agence France Presse
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