Friday 24 February 2017 - 12:18
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De Mistura calls on parties to Geneva talks to work toward peaceful Syria
UN Special Envoy forSyria Staffan de Mistura onThursday called onall parties atthe intra-Syrian talks inGeneva towork together towardpeaceful and unified Syria.
"Let's try towork together toend horrible conflict and lay foundation forcountry peaceful and unified," de Mistura said atthe opening ofthe new roundof talks.
He also praised the progress achieved onthe Astana platform ofthe Syrian settlement.
"Let me express appreciation tothe initiators ofAstana effort Russia, Turkey, Iran and Kazakhstan towhat they have done toput inplace ceasefire inSyria. It is fragile butit is there. And we did not have any forseveral months. Initiative has jump-started the effort we are now starting and opened a window ofopportunity tosee if there is a political move forward. We want touse this window," the UN high-ranking official stressed.
The UN special envoy also noted the progress achieved inbringing a united Syrian opposition delegation forward inGeneva.
"Serious progress has been made inpast weeks and even pasthours inmoving towardan inclusive united opposition delegation. There is still some work tobe done inthis regard," de Mistura stressed.
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