#Brahimi: #syria peace talks show little progress
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International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi arrives at a press briefing in Geneva on January 29, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini) International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi arrives at a press briefing in Geneva on January 29, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini)
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday that he does not expect to achieve anything substantive in the first round of Syria talks ending on Friday, but hoped for a more productive second round starting about a week later. His sombre assessment came as the two sides took a first tentative step forward by agreeing to use the same 2012 roadmap as the basis of discussions to end the three-year civil war, though they disagreed about how talks should (...)