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Damascus to attend UN talks in Vienna: United Nations deputy envoy

The Syrian government will attend UN-sponsored peace talks set to take place in Vienna next week.

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The Syrian government will attend another round of UN-sponsored peace talks set to take place in Vienna next week, the United Nations deputy Syria envoy says. 

At a news conference in Damascus on Thursday, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy said Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal al-Mekdad, had informed him of the government's plan to attend the meeting.

(Source: Reuters)