Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, the international mediator has acknowledged after a face-to-face meeting of the rival parties in Geneva.
Negotiations intended to end Syria's three-year-old civil war began with a week-long session last month and have resumed this week in the Swiss city which hosts the UN's European headquarters.
There had been hopes for Tuesday's talks after they began with a minute's silence for the 130,000 people killed since the conflict began.
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