separate talks with syria rival sides to start tuesday
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

A bid to negotiate to end 4-year conflict

Separate talks with Syria rival sides to start Tuesday

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Separate talks with Syria rival sides to start Tuesday

United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
Geneva - Arab Today

The UN will Tuesday start hosting separate talks with rival sides and "as many stakeholders as possible" in war-torn Syria in a bid to kickstart stalled negotiations to end the four-year conflict.

United Nations peace envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will give a news conference around midday Tuesday, kicking off four to six weeks of "separate consultations" with different sides in Syria's four-year conflict, spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.

The "low key, low profile" talks will include as many players as possible, including different Syrian factions and regional and international players.

Terror-listed entities like the Islamic State group and Al-Nusra have not been invited to the talks, but Fawzi said that groups in contact with them were on the list.

Iran, which backs President Bashar al-Assad and which has been excluded from two rounds of previous Syria negotiations in Switzerland, has been invited to take part.

There will be no face-to-face meetings between the different sides, with ambassadors and experts taking part in closed-door separate consultation.

These aim to take stock of the varios sides' positions to allow de Mistura to stake the best way forward, Fawzi said.

"We don't expect any major announcement, we don't expect any concluding communiques that will be signed by everybody," he told reporters.

De Mistura himself hinted last week that a new round of full negotiations to end the conflict might be possible, perhaps starting late next month.   

In the meantime, he wants the separate consultations to take place out of the public eye, Fawzi said.

It remains unclear whether de Mistura will have more success than his predecessors former UN chief Kofi Annan and Lakhdar Brahimi in ending the conflict that has killed more than 220,000 people since March 2011.

De Mistura, a Swedish-Italian career diplomat who was appointed UN envoy for Syria last July, warned the Security Council last week that prospects for a political transition were slim.

In January, he said conditions were not yet right to try to launch more talks after the two first rounds of negotiations in Switzerland failed.
Source: AFP

 

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

separate talks with syria rival sides to start tuesday separate talks with syria rival sides to start tuesday

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

separate talks with syria rival sides to start tuesday separate talks with syria rival sides to start tuesday

 



GMT 08:58 2015 Friday ,28 August

Syria Burning Daesh and the Death

GMT 02:30 2017 Monday ,23 October

Dec22/Jan20

GMT 20:24 2017 Tuesday ,21 November

Host Sherine Dowik proud of her work

GMT 14:25 2012 Tuesday ,15 May

IKCO to manufacture Diesel Tondar 90

GMT 09:15 2018 Saturday ,13 January

Don't feed your dog raw meat, study says

GMT 01:00 2018 Saturday ,06 January

4 Easy DIY Ideas for Making Tuscan Window Treatment

GMT 02:19 2017 Saturday ,28 October

April21st-May21st

GMT 09:30 2016 Wednesday ,07 December

Lewandowski seals Bayern win over Atletico

GMT 02:49 2017 Wednesday ,02 August

March21st-April20th

GMT 01:26 2017 Friday ,20 October

TNI ready to send peacekeeping forces to Myanmar

GMT 22:09 2017 Friday ,31 March

March 20 - April 19

GMT 10:53 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Artisan designs new bags for shopping
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday