Syrian opposition to give 48 hours for fulfillment of its conditions for talks with Damascus - source
GENEVA. Jan 31 (Interfax) - During consultations with UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva on Sunday, the delegation of the Syrian opposition will give 48 hours for the fulfillment of conditions for beginning negotiations with Damascus, a source close to the opposition's group of negotiators told Interfax.
"The delegation will give 48 hours for fulfilling the conditions: lifting the blockade and halting the attacks on civilians. If that it not done in that time, they will leave the negotiations," he said.
The source said representatives of the groups Jaysh Al-Islam and Ahrar ash-Sham are not in the negotiators' delegation.
The source said that consultations between opposition activists and UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will take place on Sunday afternoon.
According to earlier reports, a delegation of the Syrian opposition arrived in Geneva on Saturday evening. Its representative Riyad Nassan Agha said the opposition activists are not going to begin indirect negotiations with Damascus until their demands are fulfilled.
