克里在達沃斯推動敘利亞和談

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting Thursday with the U.N. special envoy for Syria, in the latest attempt to resolve disagreements between world powers that are threatening to delay international peace talks on Syria's future.

Kerry and Staffan de Mistura, who are meeting on the sidelines of the Davos economic forum in Switzerland, have expressed hope the U.N.-mediated negotiations on Syria's political transition can start, as planned, on Monday.

Mistura acknowledged Wednesday that may not happen. "I believe we can start the talks, perhaps not the 25th, but we need to maintain pressure, we need to maintain momentum," he told cnn.

There is widespread disagreement over which opposition groups should take part in the talks, and officials say the meetings next week cannot proceed until there is a mutually acceptable list of which factions will take part.

Kerry met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Afterwards, Lavrov said Moscow has "no intention" to postpone the negotiations until next month.

The U.N. has said it will not issue invitations to the talks until the disagreement over rebel representatives has been resolved.

A State Department spokesman said it would not be "the end of the world" if the talks were delayed by a day or two.

Kerry's trip to the Davos World Economic Forum is the first step on a five-nation tour that also will take him through the Middle East and Asia.

The annual forum pairs heads of state and government with executives from some of the world's leading companies. Kerry will address the forum on Friday.

Later Thursday, Kerry will meet with other leaders, including Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.美國國務卿克里星期四同聯合國負責敘利亞問題的特使會面。這是克里爲化解世界大國之間的分歧所做的最新努力。有關敘利亞未來的國際和談可能會因爲這些分歧推遲召開。

克里和聯合國敘利亞問題特使德米斯圖拉在瑞士達沃斯經濟論壇間隙會面。他們表示，希望聯合國斡旋的敘利亞政治過渡的會談能如期於下星期一舉行。

德米斯圖拉星期三曾表示，會談有可能無法如期舉行。他對美國有線電視新聞網說：“我相信，我們能開啓會談，或許不是25日，但是我們需要保持壓力，保持勢頭”。

在哪些反對派團體能夠參加會議的問題上，存在不同意見。有關官員說，在出臺一個各方都能接受的與會反對派代表名單之前，下個星期的會談無法進行。

克里星期三會晤了敘利亞總統阿薩德的重要盟友、俄羅斯外長拉夫羅夫。拉夫羅夫說，莫斯科“無意”把會談日期推遲到下個月。

聯合國說，在反對派代表人選的分歧解決之前，不會發出會議邀請。

美國國務院發言人說，如果會談推遲一兩天，也不會是“世界末日”。

克里出席達沃斯世界經濟論壇是此次5國訪問的第一站，克里還將訪問中東和亞洲。

很多國家和政府領導人以及國際大公司的高管都會出席一年一度的達沃斯世界經濟論壇。克里星期五將發表講話。

克里星期四晚些時候將會見伊拉克總理阿巴迪和以色列總理內塔尼亞胡等國家領導人。