Vienna Talks Created Momentum for Syria Peace Process - UK Foreign Sec
The international Vienna talks on the Syrian settlement have created momentum behind the peace process in the country, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. ......
View ArticleMogherini: Paris Attacks Give Urgency To Vienna Meeting On Syria
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the attacks in Paris give urgency to a meeting in Vienna of top officials from 20 countries and world bodies seeking solutions to the war in Syria. In...
View ArticleStatement by Foreign Minister Steinmeier following the talks on Syria in...
(Source: Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany) Today - also here in Vienna - is dominated by last night's terrible events in Paris. All of us at today's meeting - Europeans, the United...
View ArticleAim is for Syria election in 18 months, German minister says after Vienna talks
VIENNA (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday that countries participating in a one-day conference on Syria had decided to start immediate talks with opposition...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on ongoing...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on ongoing talks on Syria in Vienna New York, 14 November 2015 The Secretary-General is encouraged that...
View ArticleUK official: World's 'best brains' to aid Cyprus peace talks
Britain's foreign secretary says the world's "best brains" could be recruited to assist complex negotiations aimed at reunifying ethnically-split Cyprus. Philip Hammond said after talks with his...
View ArticleWho's Participating in Vienna Talks on Syria
VOA News These senior officials will be representing their countries and international organizations Saturday at the talks in Vienna on the crisis in Syria, according to the U.S. State Department:...
View ArticleInternational Vienna talks on Syria ‘good’: Mogherini
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says a fresh round of international talks on the Syrian crisis in Vienna had been “good”. "The process can definitively start" towards reaching a...
View ArticleVienna talks agree on concrete calendar for transition in Syria
The discovery of a Syrian passport on an attacker in Paris has once again underlined the urgent need to begin a peace process in Syria which is facing a multi-cornered civil war since February 2011....
View ArticleParis attacks heighten pressure at Vienna Syria talks
Multiple "terror" attacks in Paris increased the pressure on some 20 countries and organisations meeting in Vienna on Saturday to overcome deep divisions and help end Syria's horrific civil war....
View Article‘Deep breaths’ for tough Syria talks
About 20 nations and international bodies met in Vienna again yesterday groping for a way out of Syria’s horrific civil war, with deep divisions over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s future and which...
View ArticleForeign Secretary statement following talks on Syria (FCO - UK Foreign and...
(Source: FCO - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Speaking after attending the Syria talks in Vienna on Saturday, the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond said: Our discussions in...
View ArticleParis attacks shift focus of Syria talks to battle against Islamic State
VIENNA (Reuters) - Deadly attacks in Paris forced a shift in the focus of Syrian peace talks on Saturday to the fight against Islamic State, with France saying foreign ministers meeting in Vienna...
View ArticleZarif arrives in Vienna to attend Syria peace talks
Vienna, Nov 14, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Austrian capital on Saturday evening at the head of a delegation to attend the Syrian peace talks. ......
View ArticleSecretary-General Urges Participants in Vienna Talks to Seize Diplomatic...
(Source: UN - United Nations) The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is encouraged that international stakeholders are...
View ArticleSyria talks begin in Vienna under pall of Paris attacks
Click photo to enlarge U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Kerry arrived for...
View ArticleThe Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Secretary of State for Foreign...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Cyprus) The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ioannis Kasoulides, met today with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom,...
View ArticleUK Remains Opposed to Assad Playing Part in Syria's Future - Hammond
Despite the progress at the international Vienna talks on Syrian reconciliation, the United Kingdom remains opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad playing a role in the country’s future, UK Foreign...
View ArticleRiyadh to support militants if Assad remains in power: Saudi FM
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says his country will continue supporting the Takfiri militant groups operating to topple the Damascus government as long as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in...
View ArticleForeign Secretary visits Cyprus to discuss UN talks (FCO - UK Foreign and...
(Source: FCO - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office) The Foreign Secretary will meet President Nicos Anastasiades, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. He will...
View ArticleHH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed attends 2nd Syria talks in Vienna (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates) Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended the 2nd international ministerial meeting on Syria which opened in...
View ArticleCautious praise offered for Syria peace talks initiative
DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian legislator praised parts of an international plan for ending Syria’s conflict on Sunday, saying elements of it are similar to those of...
View Article'Rare moment of diplomatic opportunity to end conflict in Syria,' says Ban...
Print 14 November 2015 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is encouraged that international stakeholders are reconvening in Vienna to further their efforts to address the grave...
View ArticleIran says Saudi plan on Syria opposition violates Vienna talks
Iran said Monday that Saudi Arabia's plan to host a meeting of armed and political opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would breach declarations made during recent international peace talks....
View ArticleU.S. says wants to keep up momentum in Syria peace talks
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday voiced the hope that momentum in talks aimed at hammering out a peace plan to end Syria's nearly...
View ArticleSyrian opposition accepts Saudi invite to peace talks
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has accepted an invitation to join talks with other opposition groups in Saudi Arabia's capital, Al Jazeera has learnt. The SNC will decide on Monday evening which...
View ArticleThe Syria motion on airstrikes: full text
The motion to be submitted by David Cameron on Wednesday before the House of Commons...
View ArticleSyrian opposition accepts Saudi invite for peace talks
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has accepted an invitation to join talks with other opposition groups in Saudi Arabia's capital, Al Jazeera has learnt. The SNC will decide on Monday evening which...
View ArticleKerry says Syria negotiators agree to speed up peace process
VIENNA (Reuters) - Parties to Syrian peace talks agreed on Saturday to accelerate efforts to end the conflict in Syria by launching negotiations between the government and opposition by January and...
View ArticleIran says Riyadh meeting of Syrian opposition may harm peace talks - Fars
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran said a meeting of Syrian opposition figures in Riyadh will cause failure of Syrian peace talks among major Western and...
View ArticleVienna Meeting Sets Up Plan For Political Transition In Syria
Top officials meeting in Vienna for Syrian peace talks have agreed on a timeline for a political transition in Syria that is aimed at ending the country's civil war. Speaking to reporters after the...
View ArticleIran official says timetable in Syria talks must focus on ceasefire
A senior Iranian official says a timetable for the settlement of the conflict in Syria must be based upon a ceasefire agreement. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who heads the Iranian delegation to the latest...
View ArticleIran says Riyadh meeting of Syrian opposition may harm peace talks: Fars
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran said a meeting of Syrian opposition figures in Riyadh will cause failure of Syrian peace talks among major Western and Middle Eastern countries, the semi-official Fars news...
View ArticleUN working to launch Syria talks and cease-fire in January
The United Nations is working to launch talks between Syria's warring parties and start a nationwide cease-fire in early January, the U.N. chief said Thursday. Two rounds of talks in Vienna, which...
View ArticleSyria: UN envoy cites possibility of ceasefire, future political framework to...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 19 November 2015 - After briefing an informal session of the United Nations General Assembly about the 'deliverables' that had come out of the recent international talks...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition ahead of peace talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting Syrian opposition groups and many of the main rebel factions next week in an effort to come up with a unified front ahead of peace talks with representatives of...
View ArticleAfter Paris, Syria's peace process limps on
LAST week’s terrorist strike on Paris have refocused attention on Syria, where Western intelligence services are increasingly sure the attacks were planned. The country’s brutal...
View ArticleSyria: UN envoy cites possibility of ceasefire, future political framework to...
'>Jodi Hilton/IRIN' border=1> Print 19 November 2015 After briefing an informal session of the United Nations General Assembly about the “deliverables” that had come out of the recent...
View ArticleUS pushes Syria peace process after Assad rejects timetable
The US was pushing to keep Syria's peace process alive Thursday, saying President Bashar al-Assad's future will be decided in the coming weeks, after the embattled leader rejected an ambitious...
View ArticleUK to join world powers for new talks on Syria
World powers are meeting in Vienna in the latest round of discussions to bring an end to civil war in Syria. Hosted by the US, the talks in the Austrian capital will bring together Western nations...
View ArticleWill Islamic State attacks bolster prospects for political solution in Syria?
After multiple major attacks in less than two weeks – including the alleged bombing of a Russian jetliner over Egypt, a double-suicide bombing in Lebanon, and Friday's deadly attacks in Paris – a...
View ArticleLavrov, Kerry to Hold Meeting in Vienna Before Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to hold a meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry before multilateral talks on the Syrian settlement in Vienna, Russian Foreign Ministry...
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