Syria Talks Move to Crucial Stage -- Voice of America
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Senior representatives of the Syrian government and opposition are expected to hold their first direct talks after nearly three years of bitter fighting on Friday, when they gather with a mediator at the United Nations' European headquarters.
The delegations spent Thursday in separate talks with the U.N. and Arab League mediator, veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi. He said he hoped to get to the point where they would hold direct talks by late Friday.
The two delegations sat in the same room for the first time Wednesday at an international conference on Syria in the nearby Swiss town of Montreux. But that was a big room, with senior officials from more than 40 countries attending. They lamented the humanitarian situation in Syria and spoke in support of one party or the other.
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