{"id":12229,"date":"2017-12-01T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2017-12-01T17:23:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:23:08","slug":"top-syrian-negotiator-rejects-riyadh-2-communique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/top-syrian-negotiator-rejects-riyadh-2-communique\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Syrian negotiator rejects Riyadh-2 communiqu\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations and head of the Syrian delegation to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva says\u00a0has strongly condemned the foreign-sponsored armed opposition over a communiqu\u00e9, which demands the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad and his exclusion from governing Syria during a transitional period.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as the other side sticks to the language of Riyadh-2, there will be no progress. The language used in the statement contravenes the UN Security Council resolution 2254,\u201d Bashar al-Ja’afari told reporters on Friday following talks with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria\u00a0Staffan de Mistura\u00a0in the Swiss city of Geneva.<\/p>\n

He stated that the Damascus government\u2019s delegates have already submitted a list of basic principles for the sake of a political solution to the lingering Syrian conflict, which primarily focuses on the formation of a common ground and national trust.<\/p>\n

Ja’afari added that those who drafted the “provocative and irresponsible” Riyadh-2 communiqu\u00e9 were simply seeking to undermine De Mistura\u2019s mission, stressing that the peace talks in Geneva are \u201cnot a vicious circle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Syrian negotiator underlined that government troops are making territorial gains on a daily basis, and Damascus is close to win the decisive victory over Daesh terrorist group.<\/p>\n

The veteran diplomat stressed that any unilateral action taken without the coordination with the incumbent Syrian government is totally rejected.<\/p>\n

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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (2R) sits opposite to Syria’s UN ambassador and chief negotiator Bashar al-Ja’afari (L) during a meeting of the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ja\u2019afari concluded that his team would leave the UN-backed talks in Geneva on Saturday, and that “Damascus will decide” if they will return and continue the talks next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The eight rounds of Syrian peace negotiations in Geneva have failed to achieve a tangible result over the past five years, mainly due to the opposition\u2019s insistence that Assad must cede power.<\/p>\n

Nasr al-Hariri, the head of the so-called High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said in Geneva on Monday evening that Assad\u2019s departure should be set before the start of any transition process.<\/p>\n

That condition seems no longer tenable due to Syria\u2019s continued victories against the militants in the recent past.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the US and UK officials expressed support for the Syrian opposition in the course of Geneva talks.<\/p>\n

Russia, Turkey and Iran, on the other hand, have mediated a parallel peace process between Syria\u2019s warring parties in Astana, Kazakhstan, since January.<\/p>\n

Russia plans to hold an all-Syrian congress, known as the Syrian National Dialog Congress, in the Russian resort city of Sochi, which would involve drawing up a framework for Syria\u2019s future structure, adopting a new constitution and holding elections under the UN supervision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations and head of the Syrian delegation to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva says\u00a0has strongly condemned the foreign-sponsored armed opposition over a communiqu\u00e9, which demands the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad and his exclusion from governing Syria during a transitional period. \u201cAs long as the other side sticks to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12231,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229\/revisions\/12231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}