Annan hopeful about Syria talks
By The Week Staff | June 29, 2012
Kofi Annan left Syria on Wednesday, unable to convince President Bashar al-Assad to move forward with a peace plan the U.N. envoy has been trying to implement.
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oing into an emergency weekend meeting he called on the crisis in Syria, U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan says he is "optimistic" and believes the talks will end "with an acceptable result." That's despite Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov's continuing opposition to the international community imposing a political transition. In an interview with Iranian TV, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to "annihilate terrorists" and said outside interference would not be allowed, even from its allies.
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