Former Syrian vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam, has dismissed a summons issued against him by a Syrian court.
Mr Khaddam, who is living in exile in France, told the BBC he did not recognise the legitimacy of the court or the allegations against him.
Mr Khaddam is wanted in Syria on numerous charges including corruption and plotting to take power in Syria.
The summons calls for Mr Khaddam, his wife and 23 family members to appear in court on 12 June in the town of Banias.
If they do not, the summons said, they will tried in their absence.
Mr Khaddam said the fact that some of those listed on the summons were children as young as two years old, showed that the case was baseless.
He also said that president Bashar Assad himself will be tried over corruption in the future: “This corruption has developed under the noses of the Assad family since 1970, and I’m sure that they will be tried soon.”
Mr Khaddam alleged last year that President Bashar Assad had threatened the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, months before Mr Hariri was assassinated in February 2005.
Syria has denied the allegation and dismissed any suggestions that it was involved in the killing.