UN Syria envoy heading to Russia to help G20 peace push

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UN Syria envoy heading to Russia to help G20 peace push

September 05, 2013 09:55 PM

File - The UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is seen during a press conference on the impact of the civil war on the cultural sites in Syria, at the UNESCO headquarter, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

SAINT-PETERSBURG: The UN-Arab League envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is heading to Russia to help UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's efforts at the G20 to organise a peace conference to end the conflict, the UN said Thursday.

"The Secretary General has just announced that the Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is on his way to Russia to help him push, on margins of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg, for the International Conference on Syria," the UN spokesperson said in a statement.

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The UN-Arab League envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is heading to Russia to help UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's efforts at the G20 to organise a peace conference to end the conflict, the UN said Thursday.

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