The UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said he plans to convene a meeting with representatives of the US and Russia in Geneva on Friday to discuss the Syrian affair. The meeting is expected to gather Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, Brahimi's office said Monday. The special envoy failed to show up at the regular press briefing today to update the press on the ongoing second round of talks on Syria as he used to do in the first round.