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UN chief to travel to Egypt, Kuwait

Xinhua, March 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Friday to attend the Summit of the League of Arab States on March 28-29, before heading to Kuwait City, Kuwait, to chair the third pledging conference for Syria, a UN spokesman told reporters here Thursday.

In Sharm el-Sheikh, the secretary-general will address the opening session of the 26th League of Arab States Summit, deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq said at a daily news briefing here. "He will also hold bilateral meetings with several heads of state and senior officials attending the meeting, including Abdel Fattah Al- Sisi, the president of Egypt."

On Monday, the UN chief will travel to Kuwait City for the third pledging conference for Syria, organized on March 31. He will meet with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, and hold a series of bilateral meetings on the margins of the conference, said the spokesman.

Ban will be back in New York on April 1. Endite