On Saturday Lakhdar Brahimi, the newly appointed UN envoy to Syria held his first meeting with Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad, hoping to find a political solution to the ongoing conflict.
Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, had previously described the mission as “nearly impossible”, particularly since UN observers on the ground were pulled out last month after facing attacks.
Speaking to reporters afterwards Brahimi said,
“I repeat…. I have no plan."
“we, however, will set the plan that we will follow after listening to all internal, regional and international parties, hoping that such a plan will manage to open channels toward ending the crisis.”
“we will try to do our best to provide ideas and find what the situation needs to help the Syrian people get out of this disaster.”
"[The on-going conflict] is a threat to Syria, the region and the entire world".
Brahimi’s visit to Demascus comes nearly a month after Kofi Annan resigned after criticising the Syrian government and the UN Security Council for not taking decisive action towards fulfilling his peace plan.
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