(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's chief opposition coordinator will not meet with regime representatives in the planned peace talks in Kazakhstan over a Russian attempt to make a political gains along with capture of eastern Aleppo, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Friday.
Riad Hijab said on Monday that defeat in Aleppo would not weaken the resolve of opponents of Bashar Assad to remove him from power.
The regime army and its allies have recaptured Aleppo after a sudden advance that has pushed rebels to collapse in an ever-shrinking enclave.
Hijab, once a prime minister under Assad, accused Russia of double standards by saying that the opposition was always demanding preconditions for peace talks when in reality Assad's opponents wanted international resolutions that Moscow had agreed to at the United Nations to be implemented.
"The Russians voted this resolution. Why doesn't it implement it? Why doesn't it stop bombing? Why doesn't it lift the blockades it has put in place with the Assad regime, Shiite militias and the Iranian revolutionary guard?"
"The Syrians are dying of hunger. We want a real political transition ... that would enable Syria to go from a dictatorship to a democratic state," he said. (With Reuters)
Riad Hijab said on Monday that defeat in Aleppo would not weaken the resolve of opponents of Bashar Assad to remove him from power.
The regime army and its allies have recaptured Aleppo after a sudden advance that has pushed rebels to collapse in an ever-shrinking enclave.
Hijab, once a prime minister under Assad, accused Russia of double standards by saying that the opposition was always demanding preconditions for peace talks when in reality Assad's opponents wanted international resolutions that Moscow had agreed to at the United Nations to be implemented.
"The Russians voted this resolution. Why doesn't it implement it? Why doesn't it stop bombing? Why doesn't it lift the blockades it has put in place with the Assad regime, Shiite militias and the Iranian revolutionary guard?"
"The Syrians are dying of hunger. We want a real political transition ... that would enable Syria to go from a dictatorship to a democratic state," he said. (With Reuters)
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