French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said he has little hope that the Geneva II talks will help in resolving the Syrian conflict.
Fabius said France was working on making the talks scheduled for next month in Switzerland a success, but that there was 'a great deal of doubt,' the BBC reports.
According to the report, the United States, United Nations and Russia have been struggling for months to get the talks, known as Geneva II, off the ground.
The talks will aim to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid, end the fighting and outline a political transition for Syria, the report said.
Speaking at the World Policy Conference business meeting in Monaco, Fabius said he was 'sadly quite pessimistic' about the prospects for peace, it added.
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