Friends of Syria to hold talks with opposition

Home World Friends of Syria to hold talks with opposition 08-01-2014 03:02 PM Ammon News - Al Arabiya - Ministers from the Friends of Syria grouping are due to hold talks in France on Sunday with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. The foreign ministers will meet along with Ahmad Jarba, head of Syria’s opposition National Coalition, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse. The Syrian National Coalition is still undecided on whether it will take part or not in the Geneva peace conference due to begin on Jan. 22 in Montreux, Switzerland. The Coalition postponed the decision on participation until next week after failing to reach an agreement in Istanbul this week. The Syrian National Council, the main group in the Coalition, is threatening to boycott the peace talks unless it has assurances that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will surrender power. But, the Syrian government said the president will not surrender power and may run again for president later this year. The U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva aim at negotiating an end to a conflict that has left more than 130,000 people dead and millions displaced since it erupted in March 2011, according to AFP. The 11-nation core group of the “Friends of Syria” consist of Britain, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

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Friends of Syria to hold talks with opposition

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Ammon News - Al Arabiya - Ministers from the Friends of Syria grouping are due to hold talks in France on Sunday with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month.

The foreign ministers will meet along with Ahmad Jarba, head of Syria’s opposition National Coalition, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse.

The Syrian National Coalition is still undecided on whether it will take part or not in the Geneva peace conference due to begin on Jan. 22 in Montreux, Switzerland.

The Coalition postponed the decision on participation until next week after failing to reach an agreement in Istanbul this week.

The Syrian National Council, the main group in the Coalition, is threatening to boycott the peace talks unless it has assurances that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will surrender power.

But, the Syrian government said the president will not surrender power and may run again for president later this year.

The U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva aim at negotiating an end to a conflict that has left more than 130,000 people dead and millions displaced since it erupted in March 2011, according to AFP.

The 11-nation core group of the “Friends of Syria” consist of Britain, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

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