As predicted, the Syrian talks in Geneva went nowhere but everyone got a great going away basket of chocolate – PB/TK
Syria talks conclude in Geneva with no breakthrough – By al Jazeera / July 15 2017
The seventh round of intra-Syria talks aimed at helping to end the country’s six-year-old war wrapped up with “no breakthrough, no breakdown”.
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday the Syrian government has not budged in its unwillingness to discuss political transition at the talks in Geneva while President Bashar al-Assad’s representatives have pursued an almost incessant theme of the fight against “terrorism”.
Saying Assad’s envoys claim to be the only ones talking about the fight against “terrorist groups”, de Mistura said no side should have “ownership” of that issue.
“I felt that there was an expectation for the UN to indicate where we are in the fight against terrorism, which is becoming the main issue being discussed at the highest possible level elsewhere,” de Mistura said during a news conference.
Continue to Aljazeera.com article: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/ends-syria-breakthrough-170715133937590.html
