(Zaman Al Wasl)- The planned Geneva talks between Syria's warring parties on Jan.25 might get delayed, well-informed opposition sources told Zaman al-Wasl.
The situation on the ground is not boding well as the Syrian regime keeps its aerial and ground campaign along with the starvation policy imposed on besieged rebel-held towns, sources said.
Besides that keep targeting rebel commanders, they added.
Earlier this week, rebels and opposition politicians told de Mistura that before negotiations the Syrian government must stop bombing civilian areas, release detainees and lift blockades imposed on opposition-held areas.
On Friday, 21 rebel groups who participated in Riyadh conference early December, in statement posted online, said the opposition negotiating team it has been under been heavy pressure by the international powers and the U.N. to provide concessions instead of directing such a pressure to Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The opposition summit in Saudi Arabia agreed to set up a 34-member secretariat to supervise peace talks and to select the opposition negotiating team.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told de Mistura Saturday who in visit to Damascus that it was important to see a list of groups that would be classified as terrorists as part of the new diplomatic process, flagging another potential complication.
An opposition official said on Friday the opposition would not name its negotiating team until the government did so.
U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura announced on December 26 that the United Nations aims to bring together the Syrian regime and opposition on Jan. 25 in Geneva to begin talks to try to end nearly five years of civil war.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Dec. 18 endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, in a rare show of unity among major powers.
It gave U.N. blessing to a plan negotiated previously by world powers in Vienna that calls for a ceasefire, talks between the Syrian government and opposition and a roughly two-year timeline to create a unity government and hold elections. (With Reuters)
The situation on the ground is not boding well as the Syrian regime keeps its aerial and ground campaign along with the starvation policy imposed on besieged rebel-held towns, sources said.
Besides that keep targeting rebel commanders, they added.
Earlier this week, rebels and opposition politicians told de Mistura that before negotiations the Syrian government must stop bombing civilian areas, release detainees and lift blockades imposed on opposition-held areas.
On Friday, 21 rebel groups who participated in Riyadh conference early December, in statement posted online, said the opposition negotiating team it has been under been heavy pressure by the international powers and the U.N. to provide concessions instead of directing such a pressure to Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The opposition summit in Saudi Arabia agreed to set up a 34-member secretariat to supervise peace talks and to select the opposition negotiating team.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told de Mistura Saturday who in visit to Damascus that it was important to see a list of groups that would be classified as terrorists as part of the new diplomatic process, flagging another potential complication.
An opposition official said on Friday the opposition would not name its negotiating team until the government did so.
U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura announced on December 26 that the United Nations aims to bring together the Syrian regime and opposition on Jan. 25 in Geneva to begin talks to try to end nearly five years of civil war.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Dec. 18 endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, in a rare show of unity among major powers.
It gave U.N. blessing to a plan negotiated previously by world powers in Vienna that calls for a ceasefire, talks between the Syrian government and opposition and a roughly two-year timeline to create a unity government and hold elections. (With Reuters)
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