Posted Date: 18th August, 2012 Last updated at 00:00 PST
Brahimi hopes diplomacy could still play real role in resolving Syrian conflict
The new UN-Arab League Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has expressed the hope the diplomacy could still play a real role in resolving the Syrian conflict.
The new UN-Arab League Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has expressed the hope the diplomacy could still play a real role in resolving the Syrian conflict.
In an interview with Arab TV Channel he said the international community cannot afford to turn its back on the war-torn country.
Brahimi‚ a Nobel Peace laureate‚ has vast experience of handling conflict-stricken states.
He was a UN envoy in Afghanistan before and after the September 11‚ 2001 attacks‚ and in Iraq after the 2003 invasion.