After four days of fluctuations in the main opposition party in Syria – High Negotiating Committee (HNC) has decided to take a direct part in negotiations with the government in Geneva on the setting conditions for the completion of nearly five years of civil war in the country.
The representative of HNC said on Friday late in the evening, the group will send to Switzerland “from 30 to 35 people”. The HNC, groups formed in December in Riyadh, includes both opposition politicians and armed groups fighting against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Guarantee “other parties” have decided
A special UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura said that “has good grounds” to believe that the negotiations will begin “probably Sunday “.
Earlier HNC refused to start direct negotiations with the government until they cease bombing civilian targets, the government forces will not put the lock areas under the control of rebels and the Russian air force will not stop raids on targets opposition. HNC wanted to talk only with de Mistura. He changed his mind – as he said Farrah el-Atassi, an opposition politician close to HNC – after receiving guarantees of the United Nations and “other parties”.
The United States and Saudi Arabia expressed satisfaction on Friday evening with a decision HNC. Both countries highlighted the need for observance by all parties to the conflict Resolution 2254 of the UN Security Council, which calls m. Al. to stop bombing civilian targets and provide access to areas of fighting.
For the first time in over a year
This is the first such initiative since 2014, when collapsed the previous two rounds of negotiations. The plan of UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistury provides that in the early going he held talks separately with the parties to the conflict, so as to pave the way for direct negotiations.
De Mistura met Friday with Syrian government delegation, headed by Syria’s ambassador to the UN, Bashar Dżaafari. A spokesman for the UN said that arrangements are also his meetings with other delegates, including representatives of civil society.
HNC criticized for including in their ranks Islamist organization Dżaisz al-Islam, which controls vast areas around Damascus and by the Syrian government and its ally Russia is considered a terrorist group.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the moderate Syrian opposition will be difficult to participate in peace talks until Russian air attacks in Syria of its fighters. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it is unacceptable to participate in the Geneva talks Dżaisz Islamist groups al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham.
It is estimated that the armed conflict in Syria so far killed more than 250 thousand. humans. Millions have had to leave their homes, and hundreds of thousands fled to Europe.
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Author: Adso MTOM / PAP
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