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Kerry Says Syria Peace Talks Expected in June
[VOA News] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... says he expects Syria's government and the main opposition coalition to attend a peace conference in early June, with the goal of ending their two-year conflict. Did Lavrov tell him it was okay to say that? Speaking on a visit to Stockholm, Kerry said Tuesday that the Syrian government has given the names of potential negotiators to Russia, a longtime ally of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... Russia and the United States agreed last week to try to arrange the peace talks despite their sharp disagreements about whether Mr. Assad should have a role in Syria's future. Washington has long insisted that Mr. Assad should step down for leading a deadly crackdown on dissent. Kerry said diplomacy is under way to try to stage the conference, whose location has not been confirmed. Jordanian officials said Western and Arab nations opposing Mr. Assad will hold a "Friends of Syria" meeting in Amman next week to discuss the process. Posted by: Fred 2013-05-15 |
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