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Summary UN-African Union envoy Kofi Annan plans to return to Damascus in coming weeks, his spokesman said.
But the trip will depend on events in Syria, where Annan is trying to convince President Bashar al-Assad to implement a peace plan, Annans spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told AFP.Annan told the UN Security Council on Tuesday of his plan to carry out a second trip to Syria since he was named special envoy.There is no indication yet of the timing of the trip, Fawzi told AFP, but it would certainly not be in coming days.I would say weeks but all depends on what we hear from Damascus, he said in a written statement.Annan went to Damascus on March 9-10 to meet Assad shortly after being named joint envoy by the UN and Arab League. Assad later agreed a six-point peace plan but the envoy says it has not been implemented.Dozens of UN military observers are now in Syria monitoring a cessation of hostilities that started on April 12 but has barely held with government and opposition groups continuing attacks.According to diplomats, Annan told the Security Council on Tuesday that his peace plan may be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria as Assads forces pursue attacks on civilians.
