NCRI – The Syrian opposition negotiating high commission announced their support for the Astana talks in Kazakhstan, Al-Arabiya reported on January 15, 2017.
At the same time, Syrian combatant organizations in Ankara stressed that the Assad regime and its supporting militias need to adhere to the ceasefire and the observers need to be deployed in the contact lines.
The Syrian opposition high commission in a statement welcomed the meeting scheduled to be held in Astana in order to achieve a solution to the crisis. The statement reads in part: “We are ready to provide the necessary support for the military delegation present in the meeting.”
The statement emphasizes the importance of ceasefire for a political solution to Syria’s crisis and states: “We warn Assad regime and the militias affiliated to Iran regime about their continuing cease fire violation in various parts of Syria particularly Wadi Barada in Damascus suburbs and East Ghouta and also condemn their policy of forced migration and their efforts to change the demographic structure of these areas.”
The Syrian opposition announced their support for any efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria and said: “We call for resumption of the Geneva talks to find a political solution without any preconditions on the basis of the 2012 Geneva statement.”
Meanwhile, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, announced that Turkey and Russia have decided to invite the U.S. for Astana negotiations.
