Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Mezhsiriyskie Geneva talks officially suspended until February 25 – First Canal

The suspension of the Geneva talks will not affect the fight against terrorism in Syria – as the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the decision of the UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura interrupt started almost a week ago consultations on the Syrian crisis.

The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over the fact that I had to take a break in diplomatic settlement. Also, our Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that attempts by some participants to link this with the suspension of the operation of Russian forces against militants LIH in Syria similar to the desire to derail the peace process.

“This is a completely two different issues, and we have repeatedly stated that the priority issue for us and, above all, for the Syrians and the Syrian authorities – it is a question of combating terrorism. We have always said that, that this struggle will continue. “- said Gennady Gatilov

According to the UN official negotiations in Geneva will be suspended from Friday, 5 February. This, in fact, the failure of the United Nations diplomatically call “pause”. It will last as expected until February 25, when the discussion will try to start over again. After it was announced, a group of Syrian opposition at first it said that out of the negotiation process, and after just 20 minutes – which still would participate in subsequent meetings.

Official Damascus officials believe that the opponents do not make their own decisions, but only following the instructions of their “sponsors”, and the UN went at them on occasion.

“We believe that, as a special envoy of the United Nations to justify the decision of the delegation from Riyadh to leave the negotiations in accordance with the instructions of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, contradictory, and has little to do with reality, “- said the representative of Syria

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