Officials from the Arab League will meet representatives of Syrian groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, the body's secretary general said on Sunday. Nabil Elaraby said it was, however, too soon for the Cairo-based body to consider recognising the Syrian opposition as the legitimate authority, following the Assad administration's suspension from the League on Saturday. Answering a question at a news conference, Elaraby said: "Recognition of them as a government? Maybe it is a bit premature to discuss that." Elaraby was in Tripoli to meet the head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC).