Syrian Government Ready to Attend Peace Talks in Geneva
Syria is ready to attend peace talks later this month in Geneva but the government wants to see lists of the opposition groups who will attend and ensure that “terrorist” groups that will not, the country’s foreign minister said Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leads a security council meeting on the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Dec. 18, 2015. 20 nations from around the world gathered to discuss the ongoing conflict. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
DAMASCUS, Syria—Syria is ready to attend peace talks later this month in Geneva but the government wants to see lists of the opposition groups who will attend and ensure that “terrorist” groups that will not, the country’s foreign minister said Saturday.
State news agency SANA said Walid al-Moallem made his comments Saturday while meeting in Damascus with U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura.
The Syrian government refers to all those battling to overthrow President Bashar Assad as terrorists and has said the talks should focus on battling terrorism.
