"Geneva 5" kicks off today on the impact of heavy fighting at the gates of Damascus

"Geneva 5" kicks off today on the impact of heavy fighting at the gates of Damascus



23/03/2017
Direction Press / Agencies
Syrian fifth round of the Geneva conference kicks off in the presence of all parties, the heavy fighting took place at the gates of Damascus, was preceded by the opposition absent from the talks in Astana 3, and Syria's refusal to meet with the authorities of the UN envoy.
And pre-empted the UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, the new round of Geneva talks, which starts Thursday, March 23, to conduct extensive international consultations to support the Syrian settlement included Riyadh, Moscow and Ankara, which forced him to miss the first day of "Geneva 5" negotiations.
In Damascus refused to receive the UN envoy, head of the Syrian government delegation confirmed to Astana, Bashar Jaafari, participation in round 5 of Geneva, he said that his delegation would not start from scratch because the previous round's agenda included four baskets with subdivisions.
He said consultant body perches to negotiate, Yahya al-Aridi, that the armed opposition representatives are an essential part of the delegation of the High Authority for the Geneva negotiations, which is headed by Nasr al-Hariri, and said that "the opposition delegation will be headed by Nasr al-Hariri, and will be the delegation composition of the same structure representing various Syrian sectors, of the National Coalition Syrian and body coordination and revolutionary factions and independent national figures. "
He announced Mohammed Alloush leader of the so-called "Army of Islam" who took over the presidency of the Syrian armed opposition delegation to the former Astana talks, they inhibit attend the last round of which was last week, that the attack on Damascus Sunday, does not mean the end of a negotiated political solution.
She said Alessandra Velochi, a spokeswoman for de Mistura, said that all parties to the Geneva negotiations and agreed to attend the "Geneva 5", but made clear at the same time that the deputy UN envoy, Ramzi Izz al-Din a symbolic, Sinop for de Mistura said at the opening session, with the latter due to the Geneva, Friday, March 24 / March, to then begin negotiations effectively.

Velochi said Ramzi Izz al-Din a symbolic start events "Geneva 5" to hold bilateral meetings with the participating delegations. She stressed that the negotiating agenda still set the terms of Resolution 2254 of the UN Security Council, saying: "will focus attention on the administration and constitutional issues, elections and the fight against terrorism, security and confidence-building measures matters."
As diplomacy followed the statement on behalf of de Mistura, the participants in the negotiations called to make the necessary preparations before the fifth round, so that they are ready to actively participate in the search all the tracks on the agenda (administration and the constitution, elections and the fight against terrorism) simultaneously.
He described the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the current situation in the Syrian settlement as a "decisive moment", calling for the installation of progress "fragile" that has been achieved in the last round of Geneva negotiations. He stressed, during a meeting with de Mistura, in Moscow, Wednesday, March 22 / March, the need for concerted efforts to achieve progress on the four specific tracks to negotiate, which is drafting the new Syrian constitution and the holding of elections and the release of the interim period and the fight against terrorism issues.
He said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, that the truce in Syria persist despite attempts to blow it up. He said on Tuesday: "The ceasefire, no, not over because there is no alternative to the cease-fire and political settlement of the crisis in Syria."
The fifth round of Geneva negotiations and is being held at a time when sources in the Syrian armed opposition, said Monday, the start of the second phase of the battle on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, hours after the announcement of the Syrian army to regain control of strategic points around the Jobar neighborhood was militants "edit Sham body" had seized on Sunday. Local media reported that the army extend its control over the separation of the international road between shy Jobar and Qaboun in Damascus.
It is expected that the de Mistura, a short visit to Oman during the Geneva negotiations to reach Arab leaders participating in the Arab summit in Jordan outcome of the negotiations. In the first half of next month, UN envoy to report on the results of the UN Security Council.
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