17 May 2017 13:27

Representatives of Syrian HNC to meet with Gatilov in Geneva

GENEVA. May 17 (Interfax) - The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) will meet with a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov in Geneva on Wednesday, HNC representative Salem al-Meslet said.

"There is a meeting. The members of the HNC will meet today with the Russian delegation," al-Meslet told reporters on Wednesday.

"For us, we need to see a different role for Russians, not helping Assad at committing crimes. We need to see Russia helping Syrians to really decide about their fate, about their destiny, not only to wait for Assad and those militias coming from Iran to kill them and destroy our country," the HNC representative said.