Sunday 12 January 2014 15.01 US Secretary of State John Kerry is among those in Paris for talks today about the Syrian war, which are attempting to press the fractured opposition to participate in upcoming peace talks.
The meeting of the "Friends of Syria" grouping at the French foreign affairs ministry will include ministers from 11 countries that support the so-called Geneva 2 peace process as well as the president of Syria's main opposition National Coalition, Ahmed Jarba.
Those countries - the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan - will increase pressure on Mr Jarba to persuade the opposition to join the UN-led talks, which are set to open in the Swiss town of Montreux on 22 January.
The talks would be the first time since the war erupted in March 2011 that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad sits down with the opposition to discuss an end to hostilities.
But while the regime has said it will attend, the fractious, exiled opposition postponed a vote on whether to participate until 17 January.
Iran will not participate in the Geneva 2 process, US diplomats said Friday.
Mr Kerry will also take advantage of his stop in Paris to return to the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, with a meeting of Arab League nations.
Mr Kerry had been expected to return to Israel next week as he seeks to hammer out a framework to guide the negotiations in the coming months.
But his office said no decision had yet been made on when he might return for more talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
And the US State Department said the Paris meetings will keep him from travelling to Israel for Monday's funeral of former prime minister Ariel Sharon.
After Paris, Mr Kerry heads to Kuwait on 15 January for a Syria donor's conference set to be attended by officials from some 60 countries.
The conference aims to raise around €6 billion to help Syrian civilians affected by the war.
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