Qatar: "New Syria envoy must have mandate to negotiate power transfer."

Qatar: "New Syria envoy must have mandate to negotiate power transfer."(AA).Arab states will not accept a new international envoy to Syria after Kofi Annan’s resignation unless his or her mandate is to clearly negotiate a transfer of power, Qatar’s prime minister said on Saturday. “We, as Arab countries will not accept another envoy representing the Arabs and the Security Council because the circumstances have completely changed,” Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani told Al-Jazeera of the outgoing U.N. and Arab League envoy, whose six-point plan for peace was never implemented. “We believe that the task of any new envoy - if they want participation from Arab states - much be changed so that the mission is the peaceful transfer of power in Syria.” “Arab nations will not accept a new envoy with the same mandate that was given to Annan.” “The only acceptable designation is working on the peaceful transfer of power in Syria.” Sheikh Hamad said he had contacted U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi and Annan himself to inform them of this decision. “The six-point plan is over,” he said in comments published on the Doha-based Al Jazeera channel’s website. “The plan must clearly be modified” after “none of it was implemented,” he said.Hmmmm.....All Hail the Muslim Brotherhood?Read the full story here.