IRAQ: Syria's government will "in principle" attend multilateral talks planned for June in Geneva and believes the conference will be an opportunity to resolve the country's conflict, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem says

Record ID: 276509

  • Title: IRAQ: Syria's government will "in principle" attend multilateral talks planned for June in Geneva and believes the conference will be an opportunity to resolve the country's conflict, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem says
  • Date: 25th May 2013
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 26, 2013) (AGENCY POOL) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SYRIAN DIPLOMATIC AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON TARMAC SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, WALID AL-MOUALEM, GETTING OFF AIRCRAFT AL-MOUALEM (R) BEING GREETED BY IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER, HOSHYAR ZEBARI, ON TARMAC AL-MOUALEM AND ZEBARI WALKING WITH DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH LOBBY AREA AL-MOUALEM GETTING INTO
  • Embargoed: 9th June 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAUBED1609WVG3BH4ZCME0697P
  • Story Text: Syria's government will "in principle" attend multilateral talks planned for June in Geneva and believes the conference will be an opportunity to resolve the country's conflict, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Sunday (May 26).
    Al-Moualem arrived in Baghdad earlier on Sunday, greeted by the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, before later meeting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for talks.
    Russia and the United States are sponsoring a proposed peace conference planned for next month on the war, which has killed 80,000 people and risks spilling over its borders and stirring regional sectarian violence.
    Washington is pushing opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to unite before the conference, but the fractious group has been hampered by power struggles during talks in Istanbul over their leadership during the past few days.
    Senior opposition leaders say their coalition is likely to attend the peace conference, but they doubt the meeting will result in their key demand, which is an agreement for Assad to leave office.
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