UN says Syria talks start on Friday, but can't say who with or when

UN-mediated talks to end the war in Syria will start as planned in Geneva on Friday, UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.

Geneva: UN-mediated talks to end the war in Syria will start as planned in Geneva on Friday, UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told a UN briefing, but there was still no information about what was expected or who would turn up.

"They will start as planned, but I don`t have a time, I don`t have a location and I can`t tell you anything about the delegations ... later this morning we will have more news," Fawzi said. "There will be, I know, a statement made later today by the office of the special envoy."

"I can`t give you a time, I can`t give you a who, where, when," he said.