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Your support makes all the difference.China says former UN chief Kofi Annan will visit next week to discuss efforts to mediate an end to the crisis in Syria.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says Annan will visit China on Tuesday and Wednesday. Annan is a joint UN-Arab League envoy and will visit China after traveling to Russia.
China and Russia have been chastised because they have twice vetoed UN resolutions criticizing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for its bloody crackdown on opposition.
Hong said in a statement today that Annan would meet with Chinese leaders, but he did not name them. He said China attaches importance to Annan's mediation efforts.
The UN estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed since an uprising began in Syria a year ago.
AP
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