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| Syria: Kofi Annan to hold 'frank' talks with Bashar al-Assad |
| 2012-05-29 |
| And the Kabuki Theater continues UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan will seek to salvage his battered Syrian peace plan during "frank" talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, amid international horror at the Houla massacre of over 100 people. As he began a visit to Syria on Monday Annan called the "tragic" massacre in the central town "an appalling moment with profound consequences". The former UN chief said those responsible must be held to account, and urged "everyone with a gun" to abide by his six-point blueprint to help end 15 months of bloodshed. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem met Annan and the head of the UN observer mission in Syria, Major General Robert Mood. Muallem explained "the truth of what is happening in Syria and the attacks against law and order which are aimed at sowing chaos ... (despite) the reforms that Syria has adopted in all areas," the official SANA news agency reported. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Frank talks with Assad as in "Barney Frank" talks? The horror... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-05-29 21:50 |