Syria regime to attend peace conference

MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday that the Damascus regime had agreed “in principle” to attend an international peace conference on the Syria crisis that world powers hope will take place in Geneva in June.

“We note with satisfaction that we have received an agreement in principle from Damascus to attend the international conference, in the interest of Syrians themselves finding a political path  to resolve the conflict, which is ruinous for the nation and region,” Alexander Lukashevich, Russian foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters.