UN: Syria Talks to Resume on April 11
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Syria talks will likely resume in Geneva on April 11, but the government's negotiators will only arrive several days later after the completion of parliamentary elections in the country, the UN said Tuesday.
In this regard, United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura previously said he wanted to restart the talks on April 9, but noted there was flexibility in the timeline.
Relatively, UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told journalists that de Mistura is expecting to resume the talks on the 11th by meeting with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee [HNC].
Meanwhile, De Mistura is leading indirect negotiations, which means that the various representatives have so far not met face-to-face.
Before the previous round of talks paused on March 24, the Syrian government's representatives said they would not return to Geneva until after the elections are over on April 13.
The talks remain gridlocked, with the opposition demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power before any transitional government is agreed upon.
However, De Mistura said the next round will be focused on concrete plans for political transition to lead Syria out of five years of the brutal ongoing war.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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