(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Southern Front rebel group said no invitation has been received by the Kazak government to attend the fourth round of Syria's peace talks on March 14, spokesman said Tuesday.
Issam al-Rayyes told Zaman al-Wasl that the alliance of more than 35 rebel groups that operates in southern Syria had not been invited to the new round of negotiations between regime and the armed opposition
On Sunday, the Kazak foreign minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said the date for the fourth round of Syrian peace talks in Astana has been finalized.
Speaking to reporters, Abdrakhmanov said that the talks will run for two days in the Kazakh capital and the only remaining issue is to set the level of the negotiations.
Syrian peace talks involving the armed opposition and Russia, Iran and Turkey are scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan on 14 March.
The three countries also initiated the 30 December ceasefire in Syria.
The meeting was the first multilateral negotiations held between representatives of the three peace sponsors as well as Syrian regime officials and envoys of opposition groups. They met face-to-face for the first time since the crisis in Syria started in mid-March 2011.
The formal title of the Astana talks is “International Meeting on Syrian Settlement”. It aims to support the framework in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which calls for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria. (With agencies)
Issam al-Rayyes told Zaman al-Wasl that the alliance of more than 35 rebel groups that operates in southern Syria had not been invited to the new round of negotiations between regime and the armed opposition
On Sunday, the Kazak foreign minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said the date for the fourth round of Syrian peace talks in Astana has been finalized.
Speaking to reporters, Abdrakhmanov said that the talks will run for two days in the Kazakh capital and the only remaining issue is to set the level of the negotiations.
Syrian peace talks involving the armed opposition and Russia, Iran and Turkey are scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan on 14 March.
The three countries also initiated the 30 December ceasefire in Syria.
The meeting was the first multilateral negotiations held between representatives of the three peace sponsors as well as Syrian regime officials and envoys of opposition groups. They met face-to-face for the first time since the crisis in Syria started in mid-March 2011.
The formal title of the Astana talks is “International Meeting on Syrian Settlement”. It aims to support the framework in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which calls for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria. (With agencies)
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