Moscow: Russian and United States 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.
Russian and U.S. diplomats held two trilateral meetings last month with Brahimi, who is trying to find a diplomatic solution to end the nearly 22-month-old conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and its opponents.
Russia and the United States both support Brahimi's efforts to forge a peace deal based on an agreement reached by world powers in Geneva in June, which called for the creation of a transitional governing body, but they are at odds over Assad.
"A trilateral meeting with participation of Mikhail Bogdanov, (U.S. Deputy Secretary of State) William Burns and Lakhdar Brahimi is planned for January 11 in Geneva," Interfax quoted Bogdanov as saying.
Russian and U.S. diplomats held two trilateral meetings last month with Brahimi, who is trying to find a diplomatic solution to end the nearly 22-month-old conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and its opponents.
Russia and the United States both support Brahimi's efforts to forge a peace deal based on an agreement reached by world powers in Geneva in June, which called for the creation of a transitional governing body, but they are at odds over Assad.
"A trilateral meeting with participation of Mikhail Bogdanov, (U.S. Deputy Secretary of State) William Burns and Lakhdar Brahimi is planned for January 11 in Geneva," Interfax quoted Bogdanov as saying.
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