Syria peace talks to convene in Vienna next week

BERLIN – International powers will convene in Vienna next week to discuss ways of salvaging dilapidated peace talks regarding Syria’s civil war, the US State Department confirmed on Tuesday.

 

The talks, among members of the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG), are scheduled as the five year-old conflict enters a “critical situation,” according to France’s foreign minister, who hosted a “friends of Syria” conference in Paris on Monday.

 

The Paris conference served as a working meeting for the Vienna summit next week – which, in turn, is meant to encourage both the government of nominal Syrian President Bashar Assad and the rebels fighting for his overthrow to return to the negotiating table.

 

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