Mr al-Arabi said the reform package he discussed in Damascus will now be put to the council of the Arab League on Monday. He hasn't given many details away, but before he went, there were newspaper reports suggesting that the Arab League wanted a three-year timetable for a transition to multi-party government. And speaking on his return from Damascus, Mr al-Arabi did say he'd urged the Syrian president to speed up reform plans through a timetable that will make every Syrian citizen feel he's moved onto a new stage. That was Owen Bennett-Jones reporting from Beirut.

阿拉比表示，他在大马士革讨论的改革方案将在周一提交给阿拉伯联盟理事会。他没有给出许多详细细节，但是在他离开之前，有报道称阿拉伯联盟希望制定为期三年的时间表，让叙利亚过渡到多党合作的政府。离开大马士革之后，阿拉比确实表示他敦促叙利亚总统制定之间表，加快改革计划的速度，确保叙利亚公民感觉到他已经在向新的阶段进展。Owen Bennett-Jones在贝鲁特报道。

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