Lavrov confirms Geneva conference to be held January 22, 2014

ROME- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed that the Geneva II Peace Conference on Syria would take place on January 22, 2014,according to ITAR-TASS.

Speaking at a conference in Rome, Lavrov said, “An hour ago there was no date for the conference. Now I can confirm that the Geneva conference will be held on January 22, 2014.”

“The date was put forth by the U.N. Secretary-General. But it could be done much earlier if the “opposition” took responsibility for the whole country and if it did not talk about preconditions when we gathered in September, October, November…,” the Russian minister said.

M.D