New Syria mediator tells UN chief he is 'scared'
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Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday that he was "honored, flattered, humbled and scared" at the prospect of leading international efforts to broker peace in Syria's worsening 17-month conflict.
Brahimi met with Ban for the first time since agreeing last week to replace Kofi Annan as the UN and Arab League joint special representative on Syria. "Secretary-General, when you called me I told you that I was honored, flattered, humbled and scared and I am still in that frame of mind," Brahimi told Ban, when the pair met in New York. (Reuters)
