SYRIA PEACE CONFERENCE DOUBTFUL IN JULY, SAYS JOINT UN-ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY

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SYRIA PEACE CONFERENCE DOUBTFUL IN JULY, SAYS JOINT UN-ARAB LEAGUE
ENVOYNew York, Jun 25 2013 12:00PMAn international conference to find
a political solution to the Syria crisis is not likely to be held in
July, the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the
Arab League for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said today.

"Frankly now, I doubt whether the conference will take place in July,"
Mr. Brahimi <"http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/Syria/press.asp?NewsID=1260&sID=45">said
ahead of talks in Geneva with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov and US Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman.

This meeting, the first since the officials last met on 5 June, is due
to pave the way for a potential conference aimed at finding a
political settlement to the fighting between the Syrian army and
opposition forces seeking to oust President Bashar Al-Assad, which
since March 2011 has claimed more than 93,000 lives and sent some 1.5
million people fleeing to neighbouring countries for safety.

The representatives will be assessing what needs to be done "to create
the right conditions for the Geneva Conference on Syria to take place
with the best chances of success," including the best time for it to
be held, who should participate, how it should be structured and some
of the questions to be discussed.

The Government of Syria has said it would attend such a conference,
Mr. Brahimi said, while the opposition is expected to next meet on 4
or 5 July and would not be ready for an international conference that
same month.

Mr. Brahimi said that while today's trilateral meeting would not
resolve all the basic questions, "I am confident that our discussions
will be constructive and I am also confident that we will make
progress."

The situation on the ground in Syria "has hardly improved" since the
June meeting, the envoy noted. "It is still relentless destruction,
killing, more suffering, more injustice, and more uncertainty for the
future of the Syrian people."

There are also signs that the conflict is spreading across the border
to neighbouring countries.

In Lebanon, more than 50 people were killed in clashes that broke out
on 23 June between the army and supporters of a Sunni cleric in the
southern city of Sidon, Mr. Brahimi said.

He added his voice to the condemnation by Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly and the
ambassadors of the permanent five Security Council members – China,
France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

"I naturally strongly support the statement of the Secretary-General,
and I express my personal support to President Michel Sleiman, to the
Lebanese Army and to all those who are acting to contain this very
serious crisis in their country," Mr. Brahimi said.Jun 25 2013 12:00PM
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