A long-awaited international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria kicked off in Switzerland on Wednesday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened the Geneva II conference, urging the warring sides in the Arab country to seize the opportunity to resolve their differences.
"After nearly three painful years of conflict and suffering in Syria, today is a day of hope," Ban said.
"You have an enormous opportunity and responsibility to render a service to the people of Syria," the UN chief told representatives of the Syrian government, the main opposition in the country and some 40 nations who have convened in the Swiss town of Montreux.
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