Syria Opposition Conditionally Agrees to Geneva Talks
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FILE - Syrian National Coalition spokesman Khaled Saleh speaks during a news conference in Istanbul,September 3, 2013.
VOA News
November 10, 2013
Syria's
main Western-backed opposition coalition has announced that it will
take part in peace talks with the government if certain conditions are
met, including allowing aid workers access to besieged areas.
The Syrian National Coalition made public its decision in a statement released on Monday, after two days of talks in Istanbul.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praised the announcement, saying the group's participation would be a "big step forward."
The
group wants the government to guarantee the establishment of
humanitarian corridors, the release of detainees and that the peace
negotiations will result in a political transition in Syria.
Opposition
members have long demanded that President Bashar al-Assad have no part
in the transitional government that the United States and Russia want
the two sides to agree on at the Geneva peace talks.
No date has
been set for the proposed conference, which has been repeatedly delayed
as U.S., Russian and U.N. diplomats struggle to get the two sides to
agree to take part.
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