Pederson meets Lavrov in Moscow

The UN Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, arrived in Moscow, where he will hold a series of meetings on the settlement of the Syrian crisis, began with the meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Pederson meets Lavrov in Moscow
21 January, 2019   10:04

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UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, began a series of meetings in Moscow where he began a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia Today(RT) Agency said, "The new UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, on his first visit to Moscow since his appointment stressed the need to implement UN resolution 2254 to ensure the return of Syrian refugees to their country.”

RT added, "Pederson confirmed during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his intention to work with Russia to re-launch the process of political settlement on Syria."

Pederson took up his post on January 7 and made his first visit to Damascus this week, where he met Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem.

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