Ending Syrian war requires international fight against terrorism, Ja'afari says

Record ID: 898955

  • Title: Ending Syrian war requires international fight against terrorism, Ja'afari says
  • Date: 11th July 2017
  • Summary: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (JULY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) UNITED NATIONS BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 25th July 2017 13:14
  • Keywords: Bashar al-Ja'afari Syria government De Mistura talks peace
  • Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Topics: Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016P9WT3B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The seventh round of U.N.-sponsored indirect Syrian peace talks were continuing on Tuesday (July 11) in Geneva with the Syrian government delegation and experts led by diplomat Bashar al-Ja'afari meeting with their U.N. counterparts and special envoy Staffan de Mistura.
    Ja'afari said the political-level talks discussed terrorism, one of the four issues of the Geneva peace process, along with the constitution, governance and elections.
    Speaking on Monday, the first day of the five-day round of talks, de Mistura had expressed optimism for the ceasefire brokered between Russia and the United States for southwest Syria.
    This new round is the seventh of a series of peace talks which have been held in Switzerland for the past two years, with all of the previous ones resulting in scant progress.
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