(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said the opposition figures who worked with the Syrian regime and have large government experience will take the lead in the newly-Riyadh-formed negotiators team.
Riyad Farid Hijab, former Syrian Prime Minster who fled Syria in August 2012, to be a senior negotiator as well Riyad Nassan Agha, former Culture Minister and veteran diplomat to handle media committee.
Also, Jihad Makdissi, former Foreign Ministry spokesman, to be among the negotiators team, the source said.
On Thursday, the Syrian political and armed opposition groups agreed in Riyadh that Bashar Assad and his aides must step down with the start of a transition period set out last month by top diplomats.
They agreed at the end of the two-day meeting on a framework for negotiations with the officials representing the Assad regime on the basis of the Geneva statement of June 2012 and the international resolutions regarding resumption of talks.
There was also an agreement on creation of the team of negotiators to hold talks with Assad regime with a condition that membership of anyone in the team would cease to end upon joining the transitional government.
Al-Assad declared on Friday that he would not negotiate with armed groups, appearing to scupper peace talks that Russia and the United States hope to bring about next month.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he wanted to use a visit to Moscow on Tuesday to make "real progress" in narrowing differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over how to end the conflict in Syria, Reuters reported.
Kerry is seeking to prepare the ground for a third round of talks of world powers on Syria but it was not clear if a meeting penciled in for Friday in New York would go ahead.
Riyad Farid Hijab, former Syrian Prime Minster who fled Syria in August 2012, to be a senior negotiator as well Riyad Nassan Agha, former Culture Minister and veteran diplomat to handle media committee.
Also, Jihad Makdissi, former Foreign Ministry spokesman, to be among the negotiators team, the source said.
On Thursday, the Syrian political and armed opposition groups agreed in Riyadh that Bashar Assad and his aides must step down with the start of a transition period set out last month by top diplomats.
They agreed at the end of the two-day meeting on a framework for negotiations with the officials representing the Assad regime on the basis of the Geneva statement of June 2012 and the international resolutions regarding resumption of talks.
There was also an agreement on creation of the team of negotiators to hold talks with Assad regime with a condition that membership of anyone in the team would cease to end upon joining the transitional government.
Al-Assad declared on Friday that he would not negotiate with armed groups, appearing to scupper peace talks that Russia and the United States hope to bring about next month.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he wanted to use a visit to Moscow on Tuesday to make "real progress" in narrowing differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over how to end the conflict in Syria, Reuters reported.
Kerry is seeking to prepare the ground for a third round of talks of world powers on Syria but it was not clear if a meeting penciled in for Friday in New York would go ahead.
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