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Annan feels Syria mission 'on right track,' spokesman says

BEIRUT - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan feels his Syria mediation mission is on track even though violence still raged as he held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, his spokesman said on Monday.
Annan twice met Assad in Damascus, as well as opposition figures, at the weekend and saw Qatari leaders in Doha on Monday before heading to Turkey.
Before he went to Syria, he held separate talks with the Arab League chief and the foreign ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia in Cairo, his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.
"This is the beginning of a process and the joint special envoy feels the process is on the right track," Fawzi told Reuters by telephone from Qatar.