Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has spoken to the Algerian diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi, who agreed to replace Kofi Annan as the UN envoy to Syria.
They reviewed the “dangerous” situation in Syria and the various efforts exerted by the UN and Arab League to end the killing.
UN sources told Reuters on Thursday that Brahimi plans on taking a fresh approach to the conflict which has escalated into heavier and heavier violence over the past 17 months.
Foreign ministry's spokesman Amr Rushdy said in s statement that Amr told Brahimi that Egypt will do its best to make Brahimi’s mission succeed.
The former secretary-general of the UN, is stepping down at the end of August after six months in the position, saying the impasses in the Security Council hampered his peace plan.
On Thursday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem that his country welcomes the idea of appointing Brahimi as the new UN envoy to Syria, saying "we want to preserve the presence of the UN in Syria."
