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Lavrov to discuss preparations for Geneva-2 with Kerry and Brahimi

The sides will determine the last modality of the forum, which is to begin in the Swiss city of Montreux on January 22
Lakhdar Brahimi, (C) UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, shakes hands with Sergei Lavrov, (R) Russian Foreign Minister, next to John Kerry, (L) US Secretary of State EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI
Lakhdar Brahimi, (C) UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, shakes hands with Sergei Lavrov, (R) Russian Foreign Minister, next to John Kerry, (L) US Secretary of State
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PARIS, January 13. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will discuss preparations for the Geneva-2 international conference on Syria here on Monday with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Lakhdar Brahimi, joint representative of the UN and the League of Arab States. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also intends to join the negotiators.

The sides will determine the last modality of the forum, which is to begin in the Swiss city of Montreux on January 22, although originally the meeting was to be convened back at the end of May 2013 within the framework of the accords reached by Lavrov and Kerry in Moscow. The format Syrian opposition’s delegation remains unclear up to now, just as Tehran's participation in the conference. The Syrian opposition is experiencing one split after another. Earlier, a number of US administration officials, including those from the State Department, said Iran would not be invited to Montreux.