Opposition vice president told Zaman ALwasl that the recent statement by the UN-Arab Envoy to Syria is problematic and unclear.
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who met early
today Bashar al-Assad, after controversial visit to Tehran, believes al-Assad
could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the
country's leader, according Jeune Afrique website.
In Tehran, Brahimi said it was “necessary” for Iran, a
key ally of the Damascus regime, to take part in the Geneva II conference.
Brahimi raised state of anger within the key
opposition members, some of them have accused the UN-Arab envoy by biased to the Assad regime and being not neutral as well ignoring the innocents blood, so he should be
dismissed from this mission, they said.
Suhair Atassi, National Coalition vice president, during the Coalition political commission meetings in Istanbul told Zaman Alwasl the calls for dismissing Brahimi are expressing the personal views of the members not the coalition leadership.
Attasi assured that the recent statements by the
UN-Arab Envoy to Syria are controversial and unclear.
Regarding Geneva II peace conference is still foggy for the opposition, Attasi said, ''at the end we know that no
escape from a political solution, assuring that Bashar al-Assad is the only one
who puts stick in the wheels forward political solutions,'' she added.
''We keep saying that we are adhering to a political
solution without participation of Bashar al-Assad.''
Brahimi faces an uphill battle in convincing the fractured opposition to attend the Geneva talks, after 19 Islamist rebel groups warned that anyone taking part in the talks would be considered a traitor.
"This conference is the beginning of a process. We hope that the opposition will manage to agree on a credible and representative delegation," Brahimi said.
"We should not delude ourselves: the entire world will not be present. But as the process continues, it should include as much of the world as possible."
On Monday, Russia described as “outrageous” a threat by Syrian opposition groups against those who attend Syria peace talks.
“It is outrageous that some of these extremist, terrorist
organizations fighting government forces in Syria are starting to make
threats,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by AFP.
“The threats are directed at those who have the courage to attend the proposed Geneva conference being offered by Russia and the United States with the entire world’s support.”
Under pressure from the West, the National Coalition opposition group is to meet on Nov. 9 to decide whether to take part in the peace conference.
But it has insisted it will only do so if there are
guarantees Assad will step down, and its leader Ahmad al-Jarba has also said no
talks can take place unless the regime frees women and children from its jails.
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