Syrian negotiations begin in Geneva

Syrian negotiations begin in Geneva

Arab and international Since 2017-07-10 at 10:43 (Baghdad time)

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The seventh round of UN-sponsored Syrian negotiations began in Geneva with little hope that tangible and urgent progress could be made to end the ongoing Syrian crisis for more than six years.
This round of talks between the Syrian government and opposition delegations comes after the cease-fire came into effect in three southern governorates of Syria, pursuant to a Russian-American-Jordanian agreement based on a memorandum of cessation zones approved at the Astana meetings last May.
The Syrians are scheduled to complete four key issues in the settlement - the constitution, governance, elections and the fight against terrorism - in conjunction with technical meetings on "legal and constitutional issues".
The recent Syrian negotiations in Geneva, which ended on May 19, yielded little progress on the path of the settlement. In a briefing to the Security Council following the negotiations, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura acknowledged the deep gap between the two sides on key issues, The lack of time has eliminated all opportunities for progress towards a settlement.
The fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is still, according to the majority of the opposition, "the only serious obstacle on the road to a settlement." The delegation of the High Commission for Negotiations, representing a broad spectrum of opponents, insists on the demand for his departure before the start of the transitional process. Through the ballot box.
"The opposition delegation has modest expectations and will discuss the agenda of the previous round," said Yahya al-Aridi, spokesman for the Supreme Negotiations Authority, in an interview with Agence France-Presse.
"The aim of our participation in Geneva is to maintain some momentum for a political solution, in light of Russia's attempts to divert attention to Astana, which it wants to design as it pleases."
The Syrian negotiations today in Geneva are the continuation of a series of indirect negotiations between the Syrians, which was launched under the sponsorship of the UN in 2014, while entered the line of meetings of Astana since the beginning of the year sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey, has so far achieved real progress on the ground ended the cease-fire In most parts of Syria, and the agreement has been drawn up four zones to stop the escalation, which included eight provinces of Syria, where armed opposition factions are active, although the final agreement to date on the borders of these areas has not yet been reached.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia, the United States and Jordan would agree to a cease-fire in the southern provinces of Daraa, Sweida and Quneitra from Sunday noon on the eve of the seventh Geneva talks.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said after the Lavrov Declaration: "The United States is ready to discuss the possibility of working with Russia to develop joint mechanisms to ensure stability in Syria, and beyond that to declare no-fly zones and deploy field observers there to cease the ceasefire and coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance For those affected "

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