UN Says Syria Peace Talks Set For January -- Voice of America
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that the Syrian government and opposition will meet at the negotiating table in Geneva for the first time on January 22 - though neither side has confirmed this.
The U.N. chief told reporters in New York that the meeting will be a “mission of hope” and would have a clear objective.
“And we have a clear goal: the full implementation of the Geneva Communiqué of 30 June 2012, including the establishment, based on mutual consent, of a transitional governing body with full executive powers, including over military and security entities,” he said.
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