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Syrian official welcomes UN mediator’s resignation

By Albert Aji
Published May 14, 2014 5:57pm ET
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Syrian official welcomes UN mediator’s resignation
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Brahimi will resign as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria after a nearly two-year effort that failed to bring peace to the war-ravaged country, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He will step down May 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) | Anja Niedringhaus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, calling for the appointment of a “more objective” mediator.

Fayez Sayegh, a member of parliament and a senior member of President Bashar Assad’s ruling Baath Party, described Brahimi as a biased man who interfered in Syria’s internal affairs.

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