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Annan called for talks between senior officials from Russia, the US, France, Britain and China
Sebastien Bozon
UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan answers questions during a press conference in Geneva on June 22. Diplomats scrambled Friday to save a peace plan for Syria in the face of 11th-hour objections from Russia that threaten a key international conference on ending the nearly 16-month long conflict.