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February 12, 2014

U.N. Envoy Calls on Russia, U.S. to Help Salvage Syrian Peace Talks 
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U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has moved up a meeting with U.S. and Russian
diplomats in a bid to overcome an impasse at the Syrian peace talks in
Geneva. Brahimi says he hopes the two world powers backing opposite
sides in the conflict can help break a deadlock in talks. On Tuesday,
Brahimi said the summit is failing to make progress.

Lakhdar Brahimi: "The beginning of this week is as laborious as it was
the first week. We are not making much progress. I'm not sure whether I
can impose an agenda on people who don't want. You know, how can you?
Put a gun on their heads? You know, it is their country. This is a huge
responsibility they have."

 

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