Staffan de Mistura,UN envoy for Syria, plays down expectations for Geneva talks, and predicting ‘a lot of posturing and walkouts’UN talks on Syria are scheduled to originate in Geneva later this week,despite the continuing failure to choose who will represent the rebels fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, and a lack of agreement on other key issues, or the organisation has announced.
Staffan de Mistura,the UN envoy for Syria, said on Monday that he planned to issue invitations on Tuesday with indirect “proximity” talks between the Syrian sides to originate on 29 January. They are expected to move on for six months. “It will be uphill anyway, or ” he predicted,apparently seeking to lower expectations of progress.
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Source: theguardian.com