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| UN Security Council meets with Syrian opposition leaders |
| 2013-07-27 |
| UN Security Council members held informal discussions on Friday with Syrian opposition leaders for the first time since the conflict erupted in March 2011, dpa reported. The closed-door meeting was organized by British ambassador Mark Lyall Grant at UN headquarters in New York in a bid to update the 15 council members on the complex situation in Syria. Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, protested that the meeting was "illegal" as the UN still recognizes his government. "The situation in Syria is appalling," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, after meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York, and called for efforts to find a political solution to end the 28-month conflict. On Thursday, the Syrian National Coalition, headed by Ahmad al-Jarba, met with Kerry and German Ambassador Peter Wittig in New York. |
| Posted by:Steve White |