EU, US and Russia closer than before on Syria, diplomat says

The Action Group for Syria (including Russia, the EU and the US) convened in Geneva, at the ministerial level, on the 30 June 2012 to identify steps and measures to secure full implementation of the six-point plan and Security Council resolutions 2042 and 2043, including an immediate cessation of violence in all its forms in the civil conflict in Syria.

• Primary Source

UN: Press Release, 27.6.12: UN-Arab League Envoy: Action Group for Syria to meet on Saturday http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42332&Cr=Syria&Cr1=

EEAS: Countries: Syria and the European Union http://eeas.europa.eu/syria/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Setbacks for EU diplomacy on Iran and Syria http://www.europeansources.info/record/setbacks-for-eu-diplomacy-on-iran-and-syria/

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