(VOVworld) - UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus on Monday as part of a regional tour to gain support for the Geneva II peace conference proposed by the US and Russia. Brahimi will discuss preparations for Geneva II, which is expected to take place in mid-November in Switzerland.

UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (Photo: Reuters)

His regional tour previously took him to Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar. Brahimi is pushing for Syrian government and opposition representatives to sit down to negotiations together. Prior to Brahimi’s trip, 19 Islamist insurgent groups opposing President Al Assad voiced opposition to the Geneva II conference.