Syrian and Russian leaders discuss peace talks

[Bleipriester]

Time to get to the table! You want to show your people the amount of money you wasted on Islamists abroad, while discussing a government shutdown, will you.

Speaking to Syrian President Bashar Assad by telephone, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "emphasized efforts taken by Russia together with its partners to prepare a Geneva-2 international conference and gave a positive assessment of Bashar Assad's readiness to send a Syrian government delegation there," the Kremlin said.
The Syrian government has said it will take part in the peace talks. Its avowed willingness to attend the Geneva conference coincides with a military offensive that has seen Assad's forces seize ground near Damascus and in the northern province of Aleppo.


The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, said in a statement Monday it would only attend the Geneva talks if humanitarian aid is allowed to reach besieged areas and the government releases political prisoners. The group itself wants any future transitional government to exclude Assad and his close allies, a demand the Syrian government has rejected.


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Residents are directed by soldiers in the town of Hejeira which Syrian troops captured on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 as the government
forged ahead with a military offensive that already has taken four other opposition strongholds south of the capital

 

[Hossfly]

Time to get to the table! You want to show your people the amount of money you wasted on Islamists abroad, while discussing a government shutdown, will you.

Speaking to Syrian President Bashar Assad by telephone, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "emphasized efforts taken by Russia together with its partners to prepare a Geneva-2 international conference and gave a positive assessment of Bashar Assad's readiness to send a Syrian government delegation there," the Kremlin said.
The Syrian government has said it will take part in the peace talks. Its avowed willingness to attend the Geneva conference coincides with a military offensive that has seen Assad's forces seize ground near Damascus and in the northern province of Aleppo.


The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, said in a statement Monday it would only attend the Geneva talks if humanitarian aid is allowed to reach besieged areas and the government releases political prisoners. The group itself wants any future transitional government to exclude Assad and his close allies, a demand the Syrian government has rejected.


More:
Syrian and Russian leaders discuss peace talks - World news

Residents are directed by soldiers in the town of Hejeira which Syrian troops captured on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 as the government
forged ahead with a military offensive that already has taken four other opposition strongholds south of the capital

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