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24Jan14
Syrian peace talks shall continue, nobody will leave: UN mediator
Talks for a solution to end conflicts in Syria will continue this weekend, and neither the government delegation nor the opposition is going to withdraw, confirmed the United Nations mediator Lakhdar Brahimi here on Friday evening.
"I met the delegations of the opposition and the government separately yesterday and today, and tomorrow we expect, we have agreed, that we will meet in the same room," he said at a press conference.
The Joint special envoy of the UN and the Arab League told press that they never considered the talks to be easy. "We knew it going to be difficult and complicated," he said. "The discussions with the two parties were encouraging. And we are looking forward to meeting them tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon."
Brahimi noted that the entire process of peace talks was based on the Geneva Communique. "I think that the two parties understand that very well and accepted. That is the basis of our discussion," he said.
He pointed out that the two parties both "understand what is at stake". "Their country is in very, very bad shape. The situation in Syria is bad and getting worse," he said. "I think the people who are there representing the opposition and the government understand that as I do or better. It is their country after all."
"The huge ambition of this process is to save Syria," he continued. "I hope that all three parties: the government, the opposition and the United Nations would be up to the task."
[Source: Xinhua, Geneva, 24Jan14]
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