Foreign Affairs Council - March 2013 - Departure and doorstep UN Special Representative for Syria (Brahimi)

	Story Title Story Description	Foreign Affairs Council - March 2013 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place on 11 March 2013, under the presidency of Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
	Video Title Video Description	Departure and doorstep UN Special Representative for Syria (Brahimi) Departure and doorstep by Lakhdar BRAHIMI, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for Syria, following the Foreign Affairs Council on 11 March 2013, in Brussels.

Reference	98790	Video infos	Mpg4 / PAL - 16:9	Duration	00:02:22	Type	News package
Shooting Date	11-03-2013	Country	Belgium	Town	Brussels

Background	The Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss the EU relations with Russia, ahead of an exchange of views at the European Council on 14/15 March. The Council takes stock of EU relations with Japan, in view of the upcoming EU-Japan summit. It also reviews recent developments in Iraq. The Council also debates events in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, focusing on Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. During lunch, ministers discuss the situation in Syria with Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for Syria.

Background

The Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss the EU relations with Russia, ahead of an exchange of views at the European Council on 14/15 March. The Council takes stock of EU relations with Japan, in view of the upcoming EU-Japan summit. It also reviews recent developments in Iraq. The Council also debates events in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, focusing on Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.
During lunch, ministers discuss the situation in Syria with Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations
and Arab League Special Representative for Syria.

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00:00:00		SOUNDBITE (English) Lakhdar BRAHIMI, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for Syria I am grateful to the EU for inviting me to share with them a few thoughts and also to listen to their views on one of the most important crises that exist in the world today. We discussed at length the indispensable political solution and what everybody needs to do to make that possible. I think that the EU has a role to play along with other important members of the international community and they told me they will do their very best to play their role and discuss with others what everybody should know. Keywords : Syria \| Brahimi Duration : 00:01:05
00:01:05		SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lakhdar BRAHIMI, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for SyriaB Statement in Arabic Duration : 00:01:17
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SOUNDBITE (English) Lakhdar BRAHIMI, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for Syria

I am grateful to the EU for inviting me to share with them a few thoughts and also to listen to their views on one of the most important crises that exist in the world today. We discussed at length the indispensable political solution and what everybody needs to do to make that possible. I think that the EU has a role to play along with other important members of the international community and they told me they will do their very best to play their role and discuss with others what everybody should know.

Keywords : Syria | Brahimi Duration : 00:01:05

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SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lakhdar BRAHIMI, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for SyriaB

Statement in Arabic

Duration : 00:01:17

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Duration : 00:00:00

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