Syria denies news of agreement with UN investigation on locations

A Syrian foreign ministry official source denied on Sunday a news report published today in which it was reported that the Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor, Riad Dawoodi, had reached an agreement with head of the UN investigation commission, Detlev Mehlis, during a meeting in Beirut on Nov. 19th 2005, regarding the venue of the interrogation of the Syrian individuals and mechanisms of interrogation.

The source said that Mehlis refused to discuss the suggestion to carry out the investigation in Syria or under the umbrella of the Arab League in Cairo, while Resolution 1636 doesn't necessary means that the investigation should be carried out outside Syria, but it could be in Syria or anywhere else. The source added that it is clear that the news report from New York, was attributed to unreliable sources.