Annan visits Syria under shadow of massacre

28 May 2012, 8:34 pm   -   Source: AFP

UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan headed to Damascus in a bid to salvage his battered peace plan a day after the UN condemned the Syrian regime's use of artillery in a massacre that killed more than 100 people.

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UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for talks with top officials, Syria's pro-government Al-Ikhbariya television reported.
  
The former UN chief was to meet Foreign Minister Walid Muallem later on Monday ahead of talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, a Syrian official source said earlier, speaking on condition of anonymity.
  
It was Annan's second visit to Syria since the start of his mission three months ago.
  
It came after the UN Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the Syrian government for using artillery in a massacre in which at least 108 people were killed in the central town of Houla.
  
Annan first visited Syria as special envoy on March 10.
  
His six-point peace plan was supposed to begin with a ceasefire from April 12 but, despite the deployment of a UN military observer mission, it has failed to take hold.
  
 

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