Ibrahimi in Damascus Saturday, Seeks Truce

Local Editor

United Nations International envoy to Syria al-Akhdar Ibrahimi, who is trying to secure a truce in Syria for the holiday of Eid al-Adha, will arrive in Damascus on Saturday.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdisi confirmed that "Ibrahimi will meet with Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday morning."
Ibrahimi called on Monday for a temporary ceasefire in Syria during the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday starting on October 26.
The veteran diplomat's visit to Damascus will be his last stop on a tour to countries that play influential roles in the Syrian crisis.
Armed with a step-by-step approach to the conflict, Ibrahimi looks set to be welcomed favorably by the Syrian authorities. Ibrahimi has focused his efforts on "convincing all parties to accept a temporary and limited objective as a first step towards a solution, and as a litmus test of all parties' intentions," Syria's al-Baath newspaper, said on Thursday.
"The envoy is making a thorough and prudent effort to overcome the obstacles (in implementing) a diplomacy of small steps," said the newspaper.

Earlier, Ibrahimi stressed from Beirut the necessity to find a solution for the conflict in Syria, warning that it could spread to neighboring countries and "burn everything."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org