(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Coalition member warned West-backed group
of the ongoing meeting of the main Syrian opposition factions in Cairo, saying
there is plan to open all the roads needed for the rehabilitation of the ‘Butcher
of Syria’ again after all the crimes committed against the Syrians people.
Hussein al-Said, in message submitted to NC leader, assured that
all efforts by Russian-backed domestic opposition are pushing to found a
substitute body which can overthrow the Coalition in order to give legitimacy
to the tyrant again.
Al-Said demanded the Coalition delegation to Cairo to not involve
in any talks calling to set a new framework for the coalition.
The talks have started on Thursday and is planned to end on Saturday
in an attempt to agree on common positions ahead of talks on the Syria conflict
in Moscow set to begin later this month, according to Asharq Al-Awsat.
The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) has called on
several Syrian opposition figures to meet in Cairo with the aim of “reaching a
consensus over [formulating] a political vision that is isolated from any
pressures and influences.”
The invitation comes one week after some opposition groups turned
down a call from Moscow to attend the talks in the Russian capital with
representatives of the Syrian government, exacerbating divisions within Syria’s
already fractious opposition.
Speaking to Asharq
Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, a source from the
Istanbul-based Coalition voiced concerns that the Cairo meeting will “produce a
new opposition body to act as a replacement for the Coalition.”
Only two members of the Coalition attended the meeting which will
include members from the National Coordination Committee (NCC) and the Building
the Syrian State movement, two Syrian-based opposition blocs.
Prominent opposition figure and former coalition leader Moaz
Al-Khatib has turned down Cairo’s invitation, Malik said.
He said: “There are patriotic figures who have been invited to the
meeting but we [the Coalition] do not know who they are, how they have been
invited, or who picked them.”
The meeting does not have a specific agenda, the Coalition member
said, and that participants will put forward a “worksheet” on a political
solution to the crisis.
“The number of those invited to attend the consultative meeting in
Cairo between December 22 and 24 is 30 [opposition] figures, and may rise to 40
or 50,” a Beirut-based Syrian opposition source told Asharq
Al-Awsat.
The source, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized
to brief the media, said “eleven NCC members, eight Coalition members, and
three from the Kurdish National council” will attend the meetings. (With Asharq Al-Awsat)
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