Russian Federation should immediately end its air strikes in Syria as a condition for negotiations between the opposition and the central government in Damascus, Interfax news agency quoted a Syrian opposition member as saying on Tuesday.
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“Russia’s activities from Aleppo and in the region are making it much more hard to be able to come to the table and be able to have a serious conversation”, Kerry said, according to Reuters.
Last week, the UN-led peace talks in Geneva between the Syrian regime and the opposition were suspended, after Russian Federation and the Assad regime stepped up their military strikes near Aleppo. “The Syrian regime, Russian Federation and Iran don’t see anyone who says “no” to them and that is why they commit more massacres in Syria”.
After agreeing in November on a road map for a ceasefire, U.N.-brokered talks between the government and opposition, and eventual elections, the ISSG has been unable to move ahead with peace talks.
The government’s supporters, chiefly Russian Federation and Iran, have so far called for Assad to be part of the transition process.
The Russians are supporting a Syrian effort to close off the borders of both Turkey in the north and Jordan in the south, where Russian warplanes are supporting a Syrian offensive against a U.S.-backed opposition group. “We will go to peace talks”. They say it is it is impossible to negotiate when they are being bombed.
Advised by Western officials, notably France and Britain, and backed by Saudi Arabia and Turkey in particular, the disparate opposition groups representing political and armed factions in the talks are demanding concrete measures before returning to Geneva.
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He reportedly said he hoped that “the very simple proposals” will not take too long “for Washington to consider”.
