Syrian opposition focuses on political transition as peace talks get underway
- 10 years ago
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The Syrian government came under pressure on Monday (January 27) to allow aid trucks into the besieged rebel city of Homs as negotiators sought to keep peace talks on track by focusing on humanitarian gestures.
The government said women and children could leave Homs and government and opposition delegates also spoke of releasing prisoners. However, an opposition spokesperson said the focus should be on the formation of a transitional governing body.
"Today we will talk about transition. Geneva communique, which is the basis of this process, says that there should be a political transition towards democracy by formation of a transitional governing body with full executive authority including army and security. This is what is going to happen today as I say. The political transition is going to be discussed today but we will still, in a parallel way, try to achieve progress in the humanitarian issues," Monzer Akbik, spokesperson for the
The Syrian government came under pressure on Monday (January 27) to allow aid trucks into the besieged rebel city of Homs as negotiators sought to keep peace talks on track by focusing on humanitarian gestures.
The government said women and children could leave Homs and government and opposition delegates also spoke of releasing prisoners. However, an opposition spokesperson said the focus should be on the formation of a transitional governing body.
"Today we will talk about transition. Geneva communique, which is the basis of this process, says that there should be a political transition towards democracy by formation of a transitional governing body with full executive authority including army and security. This is what is going to happen today as I say. The political transition is going to be discussed today but we will still, in a parallel way, try to achieve progress in the humanitarian issues," Monzer Akbik, spokesperson for the