Russia Urges Syrian President To Meet With Moderate Rebels

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By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 18:50 EDT

Russia said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could engage in peace talks with the more moderate elements of the armed opposition at a meeting in Geneva next month.

“I do not rule out that the armed opposition, if it does not stand for extremist or terrorist views, could very well be represented,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

“By the way, this is something that President Assad has said as well.”

World powers agreed last month to schedule the first direct negotiations between Assad’s regime and the rebels in Geneva in mid-November.

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