Monday, July 9, 2012

UN envoy Annan in Syria for talks with Assad

FILE - In this Saturday, June 30, 2012 file photo, Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria speaks during a news conference following the Action Group on Syria meeting in the Palace of Nations, at the United Nations' Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged in an interview published Saturday, July 7, 2012 that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed. Annan also said that more attention needed to be paid to the role of longtime Syrian ally Iran, and that countries supporting military actors in the conflict were making the situation worse. (AP Photo/Martial Trezzini, Keystone, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, June 30, 2012 file photo, Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria speaks during a news conference following the Action Group on Syria meeting in the Palace of Nations, at the United Nations' Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged in an interview published Saturday, July 7, 2012 that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed. Annan also said that more attention needed to be paid to the role of longtime Syrian ally Iran, and that countries supporting military actors in the conflict were making the situation worse. (AP Photo/Martial Trezzini, Keystone, File)

This citizen journalism image released by Shaam News Network taken Friday, July 6, 2012 purports to show a child in a military uniform and flashing the victory sign at an anti-Assad protest in Kafr Nabil, in Northwestern Syria. (AP Photo/Ra'ed Alfares, Shaam News Network) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALISM IMAGE

A March for the Syrian People gathers protesters in front of the Pantheon in Paris, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Demonstrators waving Syrian flags took to the streets to protest against Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

(AP) ? The spokesman for U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan says he has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The visit comes a day after Annan acknowledged in an interview that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed.

Annan is the architect of the most prominent international plan to end the 16-month crisis in Syria which activists say has left well over 14,000 people dead.

Annan's six-point plan was to begin with a cease-fire in mid-April between government forces and rebels seeking to topple Assad but the truce never took hold.

A statement issued Sunday by spokesman Ahmad Fawzi did not give details of Annan's schedule in Damascus.

Associated Press

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