Peace Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled Saturday to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallem in Damascus and discuss with him a ceasefire during the Adha holiday which starts on the 26th of October.

Peace Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled Saturday to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallem in Damascus and discuss with him a ceasefire during the Adha holiday which starts on the 26th of October.

Brahimi said when he arrived to Damascus on Friday that "we will have discussions here with the government, the political parties and civil society about the situation in Syria."

"We will talk about the need to reduce the current violence and about whether it is possible to stop for the occasion of Al-Adha holiday," Brahimi further stated, indicating that this could pave the way for other, more permanent peace initiatives.

The pace envoy is expected to hold talks with Assad at a later date.

Damascus has said it was ready to discuss the truce plan with Brahimi, while the armed opposition said the regime should take the first step.