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Syrian govt says ready for talks without preconditions

Published: 11 Apr 2016 - 01:44 pm | Last Updated: 17 Nov 2021 - 08:54 am
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UN peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, leaves his hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 11, 2016. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA

BEIRUT: The Syrian government told a visiting U.N. envoy on Monday it was ready for peace talks without pre-conditions starting from April 15, state TV reported.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem was meeting U.N. 

envoy Staffan de Mistura in Damascus ahead of the resumption of talks in Geneva later this week. The previous round broke off on March 24 with little progress made. 

Reuters