Brahimi says Assad plan for Syria 'one-sided'
- Published: 9 Jan 2013 at 17.45
- Online news: World
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday ahead of US-Russia talks on Syria that President Bashar al-Assad's new plan for his embattled country is "more sectarian, more one-sided" than previous initiatives.
Syrian refugee children wait in freezing conditions for their daily rations of food at a refugee camp in Bab al-Salam on the Syria-Turkey border, on January 9, 2013. Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday ahead of US-Russia talks on Syria that President Bashar al-Assad's new plan for his embattled country is "more sectarian, more one-sided" than previous initiatives.
He spoke as the first major prisoner swap in the 21-month conflict took place, with rebels freeing 48 Iranians in exchange for more than 2,000 regime detainees in a drawn-out deal with Damascus reportedly brokered by Turkey, Qatar and Iran.
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