UN confirms Brahimi will meet Russian, US diplomats

The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, will hold trilateral consultations on Syria with Russian and U.S. diplomats on February 14, U.N. Spokesperson Martin Nesirky said on Monday. He said Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov would attend the meeting for Russia and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman for the United States, reported Itar-Tass news agency.Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said such a meeting would take place to discuss the progress at the Syrian talks, the second round of which started in Geneva on Monday.Brahimi met negotiators from both sides in Geneva to discuss the agenda of the second round of talks, centering on an end to violence and the establishment of a transitional governing body.