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Annan deputy to brief Security Council by videolink

GENEVA - Jean-Marie Guehenno, one of international peace mediator Kofi Annan's two deputies, will brief the United Nations Security Council by videolink on Wednesday on the situation in Syria, a UN spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Annan, who was holding talks in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, will brief reporters there at 1500 GMT Tuesday, UN spokeswoman Corinne Momal-Vanian told a news briefing in Geneva.
"He is continuing on a visit to other countries in the region, he will go to number of countries including Jordan and Lebanon," she said of Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy.