14 Oct 2016 19:13

De Mistura to take part in meeting on Syria in Lausanne on Oct 15 - UN office

LAUSANNE. Oct 14 (Interfax) - UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura will take part in a high-level multilateral meeting on Syria in Lausanne on October 15, a spokesperson for de Mistura's office told Interfax on Friday.

The spokesperson said he was unaware whether de Mistura would have a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the multilateral meeting.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov had said to Interfax earlier on Friday that he could not confirm de Mistura's participation in the meeting in Lausanne on October 15.