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和平特使卜拉希米将首次访问叙利亚 Peace Envoy Brahimi to Make First Syria Visit

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13 September, 2012

新任联合国与阿拉伯国家联盟的叙利亚问题特使卜拉希米星期四前往大马士革进行首次正式访问，争取恢复结束叙利亚持续暴力的努力。

预计卜拉希米将在访问期间会晤叙利亚总统阿萨德。

星期三， 卜拉希米在开罗与阿盟官员就叙利亚局势进行磋商。在叙利亚，政府军与反对阿萨德的反政府武装的战斗已经持续了18个月，造成大约2万人死亡。

叙利亚活动人士说，叙利亚政府军星期四轰炸北部城市阿勒颇，继续造成人员伤亡。

卜拉希米取代了前特使安南的职位。安南未能促成叙利亚停火，也未能启动有关组建叙利亚过渡政府的谈判。


The new United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria travels to Damascus Thursday in his first official visit to try to revive efforts to halt the country's persistent violence.

Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the trip.

On Wednesday, Brahimi was in Cairo for talks with Arab League officials about the situation in Syria, where 18 months of fighting between government forces and rebels opposed to Mr. Assad has left about 20,000 people dead.

Syrian activists say the killing continued Thursday with deadly shelling by Syrian forces in the northern city of Aleppo.   

Brahimi replaced former envoy Kofi Annan, who failed to establish a cease-fire in Syria and open talks on a transitional government.