Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad

Name: Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad
Uploaded: 2012-03-11T18:17:29+00:00
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Channel: AFP English
Description: UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan emerged optimistic on Sunday from a second round of talks with President Bashar al-Assad, but warned that ending the bloodshed in Syria would be "tough." Annan told reporters in Damascus he had discussed with Assad ways to halt unrest, which monitors say has claimed more than 8,500 lives since March last year. Duration: 01:43

AFP English

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan emerged optimistic on Sunday from a second round of talks with President Bashar al-Assad, but warned that ending the bloodshed in Syria would be "tough." Annan told reporters in Damascus he had discussed with Assad ways to halt unrest, which monitors say has claimed more than 8,500 lives since March last year. Duration: 01:43

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