Syria’s opposition wants a political transition without President Bashar al-Assad, the coordinator of an opposition negotiating body in future peace talks said on Friday.
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Iran says it will keep backing Syria regime
A peace plan agreed last month by 20 nations meeting in Vienna sets a deadline of January 1 for the start of negotiations. A group of countries will join Jordan in developing that list, Kerry told reporters, without giving details.
US Secretary of State, In turn, said that after the vote of UN Security Council, “we will witness launching a political track which reflects the work and efforts exerted by the worldwide group for supporting Syria that is committed to the principles and timeframes for finding a solution to the crisis in Syria”.
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On Thursday, Hijab, who defected from Assad’s government in 2012, won the backing of more than two thirds of the 34 delegates of opposition groups summoned to Riyadh by world powers in a bid to unite them and settle longstanding rivalries.
Endorsing the newly-approved road map by the United Nations in a statement, the ministry said the resolution was in line with the framework agreed upon in earlier meetings with broad-based participation.
More than 200,000 people have been killed in the almost five year long civil war in Syria.
Turkey’s prime minister has dismissed any attempt at ending the Syrian war that does not include the removal of the country’s President Bashar al-Assad.
On Friday, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, endorsing a previously agreed timeline of a transitional government in Syria, holding UN-monitored elections and reiterating the call for the Syrian people to decide the future of Syria.
“We are under no illusions about obstacles that exist”, Kerry said.
“We also have other things as well and will use them if necessary”, the Russian president said.
He said such a ceasefire “won’t be ideal, but allows all the parties to turn on what should be our number one focus and that is destroying Islamic State militant group and its allies in the region”.
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The Geneva Communique called for political transition in Syria and Tehran never formally embraced it because of the implication that it could mean the end of Assad. Russian Federation launched its intervention in Syria last September, aiming to “target terrorists”.
