US envoy Mitchell to meet Syria's Assad: official
AFP
SHARM EL-SHEIKH- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was due in Syria and Lebanon later this week for talks over renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, US officials said on Tuesday.
Mitchell was expected in the Syrian capital on Thursday morning for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, an official at the US Embassy in Damascus told AFP.
They said that after Syria Mitchell would travel to Lebanon for talks with top officials, without specifying which day he would arrive.
In the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday, Mitchell joined US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Clinton was due to hold similar talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday and then visit Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Thursday, the day she travels to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II.
It was not clear if Mitchell will travel with Clinton to Jordan.
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