Brussels, 27/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - On the evening of 26 November, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton welcomed the news that Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has set 22 January 2014 as the date for the “long-awaited” conference on Syria, known as the Geneva 2 peace conference. Ashton expressed her firm support for Ban Ki-moon's calls for the eight weeks up to 22 January to be used to “build up confidence among the parties through...