BAN STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION TO SYRIA CRISIS IN TALKS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

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BAN STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION TO SYRIA CRISIS IN TALKS WITH
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERNew York, Aug 9 2013 12:00PMSecretary-General
Ban Ki-moon stressed the need to find a political solution to the
ongoing conflict in Syria as well as to renew momentum for the holding
of an international conference to achieve that goal, as he discussed
the crisis with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The two men discussed the escalating humanitarian crisis and the
disconcerting rise in sectarian violence in Syria over a working
dinner in New York last night, according to a
<"http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=2915">read-out
provided by Mr. Ban's spokesperson.

In June, discussions about the international conference were held in
Geneva with participation from senior United States, Russian and UN
officials, led by the Joint Special Representative of the UN and the
League of Arab States, Lakhdar Brahimi.

Still not scheduled, the goal of such a conference would to be to
achieve a political solution to the conflict in Syria through a
comprehensive agreement between the Government and the opposition for
the full implementation of the Geneva communiqué of 30 June 2012.

Issued after a meeting of the Action Group for Syria, the document
lays out key steps in a process to end the violence. Among others, it
calls for the establishment of a transitional governing body, with
full executive powers and made up by members of the present Government
and the opposition and other groups, as part of agreed principles and
guidelines for a Syrian-led political transition.

Since fighting began in March 2011 between the Syrian Government and
opposition groups seeking to oust President Bashar Al-Assad, more than
100,000 people have been killed, almost 2 million have fled to
neighbouring countries and a further 4 million have been internally
displaced. In addition, at least 6.8 million Syrian require urgent
humanitarian assistance.

Mr. Ban and Mr. Lavrov also discussed the Middle East peace process,
with the UN chief saying he was encouraged by the resumption of direct
negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and
reiterating that the UN would do its utmost to support them.

The Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister also discussed the
situations in Lebanon and Afghanistan, among other topics.Aug 9 2013
12:00PM
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