{"id":6408,"date":"2016-02-04T09:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T09:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2016-02-04T09:17:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T09:17:45","slug":"syria-peace-talks-suspended-until-feb-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/syria-peace-talks-suspended-until-feb-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria peace talks suspended until Feb 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Syria\"<\/a>The UN special envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday a \u201ctemporary pause\u201d until February 25 of troubled talks in Switzerland aimed at ending the country\u2019s civil war.
\n\u201cI have concluded frankly that after the first week of preparatory talks there is more work to be done, not only by us but the stakeholders,\u201d Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva.
\n\u201cI have indicated from the first day I won\u2019t talk for the sake of talking. I therefore have taken the decision to bring a temporary pause. It is not the end or the failure of the talks,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cBoth sides indicated they are interested in having the political process started. I have already fixed a date for the next talks of 25th February.\u201d
\nHis comments came after several days of fruitless talks aimed at starting indirect negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition.
\nThe hoped-for six months of indirect \u201cproximity talks\u201d are part of an ambitious roadmap agreed by outside powers embroiled in the conflict in November in Vienna.
\nThe opposition umbrella group High Negotiations Committee (HNC) only reluctantly arrived in Geneva on Saturday, a day after representatives from President Bashar al-Assad.
\nThe HNC was insisting on immediate steps including humanitarian aid getting through to besieged cities, a halt to the bombardment of civilians and the release of prisoners.<\/p>\n

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