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Damascus says ready to resume inter-Syrian talks

Xinhua, December 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Syria's Foreign Ministry said Friday that the Syrian government is ready to resume the inter-Syrian talks without preconditions, according to state news agency SANA.

"The Syrian Arab Republic is ready to resume the inter-Syrian dialogue without preconditions or foreign intervention," the ministry said in a statement, responding to the latest comments of UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura.

Mistura told reporters recently that it's about time to look seriously into the possibility of reviving political talks on Syria.

Still, the ministry said the UN envoy didn't specify a date for the resumption of the talks, which have been suspended since last May.

Previous Syrian talks in Geneva ended without achieving results, amid an increasing military showdown in Syria, mainly in the northern city of Aleppo. Endit