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1st LD: Syrian gov't ready to continue peace talks

Xinhua, July 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Syrian government is ready to continue peace talks without pre-conditions in a bid to achieve a political solution to the country's crisis, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

In a statement carried by state news agency SANA, the ministry said it renews its keenness to achieve a political solution that meets the aspiration of the Syrian people and enjoy the support of the UN and the international community.

It added that the Syrian government is ready to continue peace talks on the Syrian crisis without preconditions, in the hope of achieving an "inclusive solution drawn by the Syrians themselves without foreign interference."

Staffan de Mistura, the UN's special envoy to Syria, said recently that "the next three weeks are going to be extremely important to give a chance for not only intra-Syrian talks, but also some possibility of reducing violence."

Speaking during his visit to Germany on Jully 22, Mistura said that hope could be found in the recent efforts by the United States and Russia, which are apparently aiming to find a common course of action to end the long-running conflict.

"We are eagerly waiting to see those steps become concrete and visible," said Mistura.

Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the U.S. and Russia had agreed to cooperate in Syria against the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, in an effort to "restore the cessation of hostilities, significantly reduce the violence and help create the space for a genuine and credible political transition" in Syria.

In its Sunday statement, the Foreign Ministry in Syria welcomed the remarks of Kerry made after meeting with Russian officials in Moscow last week.

Several rounds of previous Syrian talks in Geneva had ended with little, but no tangible results.

A cessation of hostilities have been achieved in some areas, save for major frontlines. A siege on rebel-held areas, and government-controlled ones have loosened a bit with the entry of aid supplies to such areas respectively.

Still, no major breakthrough has been achieved, and the outlooks of the upcoming talks are still vague given the complexity of the Syrian crisis. Endit