AfterfailingtobringasolutiontotheprolongedSyriawarbysevenroundsoftalks,theeighthroundofGenevatalksthistimeisalsonotexpectedtoachieveanybreakthrough,analystssay.
ThesixthroundofUnitedNations-ledSyriapeacetalksinGenevaseemsnowhereclosertoapeacefulsolutiontothecurrentsituationinSyria.AccordingtoCGTNcorrespondentRichardBest
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday agreed to meet in the near future over a range of international issues.
U.S. and Iranian officials are set to resume talks Thursday in Geneva over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, the State Department said Wednesday.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Sunday that the second round of talks in the Geneva II conference hasn't failed, according to the official SANA news agency.
The Syria-based opposition groups have agreed that the ill-representation of the Syrian opposition groups in the Geneva II peace talks was one of the main reasons behind the failure, saying that a broader representation could result in tangible results for a political settlement for the country's three-year-old conflict.
Dismayed by developments over a Syrian peace conference slated for Montreux, Switzerland later this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon decided Monday it would proceed without Iran, despite his earlier invitation extended to Tehran.
The United States is hopeful that all parties can now focus on ending the Syria conflict, State Department said on Monday, after UN withdrew the invitation to Iran to attend an upcoming peace conference in Switzerland.
Syria's main opposition group in exile the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) confirmed here on Monday its participation in the Geneva II peace conference shortly after UN withdrew its invitation to Iran for the meeting.
Syria's main opposition bloc, the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), announced here it would attend the Geneva II peace conference after holding a secret vote on its participation on Saturday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday is sending invitations for the Geneva II conference, calling it "a unique opportunity for ending the violence" in Syria.
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.
David Cameron has became the first British prime minister to make phone call to the Iranian president in more than a decade, ahead of next week's nuclear negotiations in Geneva, said the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
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.
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.
A meeting of the "core" of the Friends of Syria has attempted to revise all key provisions of the Geneva communique adopted on June 30, 2012, and to distort the shape of the future Geneva-II conference, Moscow said Wednesday.
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