Wednesday, February 3, 2016

UN Mediator Suspends Intra-Syrian Peace Talks For Three Weeks



UN News Centre: Just two days after official start, UN mediator suspends intra-Syrian peace talks for three weeks

Just two days after declaring the official start of delayed intra-Syrian talks in Geneva to end five years of bloody warfare, the United Nations mediator suspended them for three weeks today following differences between Government and opposition delegations on the priority of humanitarian issues.

“I have been asking even before issuing the invitations that there is an immediate implementation of a humanitarian initiative, even before the talks start,” UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told journalists, citing such issues as lifting sieges and providing access for humanitarian aid to all the places which are at the moment unreachable.

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WNU Editor: These talks have collapsed, and the recriminations are starting .... US blames Russia as Syria talks suspended (The Hill).

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