U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (not pictured) at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo October 20, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian mediator Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday on a planned international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war, Brahimi's spokeswoman said.
"They discussed preparations for 'Geneva 2' in general, not specifically Iran's participation," Khawla Mattar told Reuters in Geneva where they met at the United Nations complex. "They were catching up."
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