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14May13
"Friends of Syria" meeting to be held in Jordan next week
The "Friends of Syria" group will hold a meeting in Jordan's capital Amman mid next week, state-run Petra news agency reported.
The "Friends of Syria" meeting will discuss recent American- Russian efforts to revive political options for solving the Syrian crisis, with the focus on coordinating efforts in light of the latest developments in Syria, Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Sabah Rafii was quoted as saying.
Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, the United States, UK, France, Turkey, Germany and Italy will attend the meeting, she said.
On Tuesday, Jordan said the number of Syrians who fled the violence in their country into Jordan since early 2011 has exceeded 530,000.
[Source: Xinhua, Amman, 14May13]
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