The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Russia and United States reaffirm their support for Geneva II

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Geneva, Feb. 14 (BNA ) — Russia and the United States reaffirmed their support to the ongoing second round of Geneva II conference on Syria and assured that they would help to push forward the stalled peace talks, said UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday.


After the two-hour long trilateral meeting with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov and U.S. Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held this afternoon amid the current round of negotiations between Syrian two warring sides, Brahimi told a press conference that the “regular” trilateral meeting was “useful and important.”


The envoy briefed the two sides, which initiated the Geneva II conference, about the progress of the peaceful process which is in an effort to solve the nearly three-year-old Syria conflict.


“They have kindly reaffirmed their support to what we are trying to do, and promise that they will help both here and in their capitals and elsewhere to unblock the situation for us, because until now we are not making much progress in this process,” said Brahimi.


The international mediator said in the near future, though the exact date was not set yet, he would travel to New York, the location of the UN headquarters, to report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and probably also to the Security Council, in regard of the Syria peace talks.


When asked about whether the ongoing conference would end up as a failure, Brahimi, after noting the difficulty and complication of the situation, answered: “Failure is always staring at us in the face. As far as the United Nations is concerned, we will certainly not leave one stone unturned if there is a possibility to move forward.”

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