Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov said that a UN Security Council resolution on the Syria reconciliation process should be agreed on later on Friday.

A UN Security Council resolution on�the Syria reconciliation process should be agreed on�later on�Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov told reporters.

"Yes, it will be," Gatilov said when asked if a resolution will be reached on�Friday.

Drafted by�the five permanent members of�the Security Council, the resolution is expected to�adopt the draft later on�Friday in�hopes of�bringing an end to�Syria's five-year civil war. It reportedly includes preperations for�a ceasefire monitoring mechanism within�1 month of�the resolution's adoption.

The resolution also contains previously agreed upon�terms for�a transitional government, with�elections to�be held under�UN supervision, according to�RIA Novosti.

Talks with�the Syrian opposition will be held in�early January.
"There is a common wish that the meeting should take place sometime in�early January," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to�RIA Novosti. "At least, such a dateline was generally suggested."


US Ambassador to�the UN Samantha Power is currently phoning the remaining members of�the 15-nation body to�discuss the details, according to�Reuters. A final vote is scheduled for�4 PM, local time.

Lavrov said he expects the draft to�respect the Syrian peoples' right to�decide the future of�their country.

Lavrov also said that there is a desire that a meeting of�the Syrian opposition and a delegation of�the Syrian authorities will take place in�early January, according to�RIA Novosti.

There had been doubt earlier that an agreement would be reached.

"I'm not sure it's going to�happen because there are some unfortunately deliberate, or not deliberate, attempts to�undercut the Vienna documents and we don't want to�see that," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters on�Thursday.

Talks held in�Riyadh between�Syrian opposition groups were also a cause for�concern, with�some questioning the legitimacy of�the meeting and raising the possibility that more radical elements of�the opposition may have infiltrated the discussions.

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