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Much to be done before Syria conference

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 10:00
The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Tuesday that much remained to be done to ensure progress at a proposed international conference on the Syrian conflict. "I think that there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make sure that when Geneva takes place, it will produce something constructive," Brahimi said at a meeting for peace mediators in Losby in southeastern Norway. US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov agreed in May to organise a second peace conference in Geneva but no date has yet been set.

Arab League rejects Ban call to end Syria arms supplies

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 17:46
UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Monday for an end to outside arms supplies to rival sides in the Syrian war but the Arab League chief said that would not be possible. Ban pleaded for a halt during talks with Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, whose country has been accused by Damascus of arming Syrian rebels. "The secretary general called for stemming the supply of arms to any side in the Syrian conflict. More arms would only mean more deaths and destruction," said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.

Brahimi urges UN action on Syria stalemate

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 14:16
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday urged the Security Council to come together to address the conflict in Syria, as speculation swirled about his future as mediator. Brahimi told the 15-member council that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is "not in a mood for dialogue" and that the only hope for stemming the violence is if the council agrees unanimously on a plan of action, diplomats told AFP.

Russia says Arab League abandons Syria peace bids

March 28, 2013 12:46
By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday accused the Arab League of abandoning support for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria and said it had cast doubt over the mandate of U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi by giving a summit seat to the Syrian opposition. Opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib took Syria's vacant seat on Tuesday at the Arab summit, which also has lent its support to giving military aid to rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.

Russian and U.S. diplomats to meet on Syria on Thursday

March 6, 2013 12:15
MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Russian diplomats will discuss the Syrian conflict at talks in London on Thursday, Russia said, announcing the latest in a series of meetings aimed at finding an end to the bloodshed. Russia's special Middle East envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, will hold talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on the sidelines of an international meeting on Yemen, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

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March 1, 2013 12:45
U.N. CHIEF CONCERNED AT WORSENING SITUATION IN SYRIA, TO HOLD TALKS WITH ENVOY BRAHIMI IN SWITZERLAND ON SATURDAY

US, Russia talks on Syria end without breakthrough

January 11, 2013 11:30
GENEVA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and senior envoys from Russia and the United States called for a political solution to end Syria's crisis on Friday but reached no breakthrough.

Brahimi meets U.S. and Russian envoys on Syria

January 11, 2013 06:45
GENEVA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi began talks in Geneva on Friday with senior U.S. and Russian officials on seeking a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Brahimi, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns - whose governments back different sides in the 21-month war - gathered at the United Nations European headquarters. None made any comment upon arrival of the closed-door talks.

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January 11, 2013 03:15
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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Russia, U.S. to meet Syria envoy Brahimi on Friday

January 9, 2013 08:15
(Corrects title of William Burns to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State from Undersecretary of State in 5th paragraph) MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian and U.S. diplomats plan to hold a meeting with the international mediator for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, on Friday in Geneva, Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Wednesday.
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