Lebanese President Michel Suleiman asserted Monday that the proposed Geneva II conference to solve the Syrian crisis will be held on January 22, 2014 with the participation of 37 countries including Lebanon.
The Syrian troops on Tuesday scored a new strategic victory against the rebels in the northern countryside of capital Damascus, as Moscow is witnessing a flurry of diplomatic activities aimed at paving the way for a successful peace conference on the Syrian crisis in Geneva.
The conference "APEC in the 21st century Asia-Pacific" kicked off in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Friday, jointly organized by the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry and the UNDP Vietnam.
Delegates from nearly 200 nations at the annual UN climate talks have showed strong support to the Philippines dealing with typhoon damage.
Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Russia hopes the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition (SNC) could fulfill its promise to participate in the Geneva-II conference.
The Syrian National Coalition ( SNC), the main opposition group based in Istanbul, said on Monday that it agreed to join the Geneva II conference on condition that President Bashar al-Assad play no role in a transitional governing body.
The European Union is seeking more ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions cut and further progress towards a new climate agreement for all countries by 2015, officials said here on Wednesday ahead of the UN climate conference in Warsaw starting next week.
While Damascus said it was ready to embark on negotiations with the opposition in the proposed peace conference in Geneva, the Western-backed opposition was still divided over its participation.
The 10th ASEAN Air Chiefs conference opened in Lao capital Vientiane on Sunday, aiming to strengthening cooperation of the ASEAN Air Forces regarding Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR),
A senior official said here Tuesday that the UN is "working hard" to convene an international conference on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland in mid-November in order to put an early end to the 30-month Syrian crisis.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is not an official date or any success factors for the Geneva II conference on Syria, according to a recent interview broadcast by Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV on Monday.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi stressed his country's readiness to take part in the planned Geneva II conference without preconditions, but made it clear that the Syrian government will not negotiate with " terrorists or Takfiris," according to the state-run SANA news agency.
A two-day international commercial crime conference entitled "E-Crimes Without Borders -- E-Crimes Sans Frontieres" opened Tuesday at the Hong Kong Police Headquarters.
The High Level Political Committee (HLPC), a mechanism of political parties that back the government and CPN-Maoist have agreed to call a all-party conference to meet the demands of poll-opposing parties, leaders said on Thursday.
Russia and the United States are still divided over some issues about the international conference on Syria the two have agreed to organize, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday.
The recent U.S.-Russian initiative on the Syria issue and the agreement reached by the two powers on the necessity of an international conference on Syria increase chances for a peaceful resolution in the conflict-stricken country, political experts said.
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