International peace mediator Kofi Annan is to go to Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday for a ministerial meeting of the Arab League on Syria, his spokesman said.

While in Doha the joint UN-Arab League envoy on Syria will also have talks with the Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El-Araby.

Annan will be accompanied on his trip by deputy Nasser El-Kidwa.

- Agence France Presse