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Annan: Iran, Saudi Arabia not invited at Syria conference

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    • By John Heilprin

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    Associated Press

    Wednesday, June 27, 2012

    • Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, briefs the press at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

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    GENEVA (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General KofiAnnan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy to Syria, is summoning permanent members of the U.N. Security Council for a conference on Syria but has not invited Iran or Saudi Arabia, two of the biggest regional players.

    Mr. Annan‘s announcement cited invitations to the five veto-wielding council members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Turkey. He also said the invitations included those to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and representatives of the League of Arab States, including diplomats from Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar.

    The Saturday conference in Geneva aims at finding ways to stop the violence in Syria.

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