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Brahimi refutes reports saying Lavrov, Kerry to stay in Geneva till Monday

This means that the list of participants in the meeting on preparing the Geneva-2 conference, due to be held in the Russia-U.S.-UN format, does not change

GENEVA, November 23, 16:04 /ITAR-TASS/. UN and Arab League's special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi has refuted the rumors that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry might stay in Geneva until Monday to take part in a meeting on Syria.

When a reporter asked him if it was possible that Lavrov and Kerry would take part in the trilateral talks on Syria November 25, Brahimi answered a definitive 'no'.

This means that the list of participants in the meeting on preparing the Geneva-2 conference, due to be held in the Russia-U.S.-UN format, does not change. The Russian delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Ministers Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov.