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Moscow platform objects to two paragraphs of the the final statement of Riyadh Meeting
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A well-known source told «kassioun» website that the Moscow platform objected to two paragraphs in the text of the final statement issued by the opposition meeting in Riyadh, namely: the paragraph concerning President Bashar al-Assad as a precondition that hinders the start of direct negotiations, and the paragraph on Iran, considering that this paragraph gives a negative signal against Astana as Iran is a guarantor.
The UN Special Envoy to Syria, Stephane de Mistura called on the Syrian opposition to form one delegation to participate in the Geneva talks without preconditions, in order to discuss reaching a political solution in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254, noting that it is in everyone's interest to build peace and seek a political solution.
Why did the Preparatory Committee's consultations for the Riyadh meetings falter?
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Kassioun website has known from a source participating in the Riyadh meetings that the platform's decision not to participate in the meetings came after the failure to reach an agreement in the consultations held within the preparatory committee.
The Moscow platform of the Syrian opposition – which includes the following political components: (the People Will Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Third Movement for Syria, the Mother Syria Youth Association , the Movement of Peaceful Change Road, the Syrian National Democratic Rally, and the Syrian Tribal Council), which all of them are Syrian forces existed in the Syrian interior, not in countries of the diaspora or abroad, and also contains some independent figures within its composition – stresses that no one has the right to speak on its behalf but only the spokesmen in its name, who are agreed upon among its basic components
«Arafat may attend the Riyadh meetings as an observer», a source told Kassioun
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A well-informed source in the Moscow platform has told «Kassioun» website that Mr. Alaa Arafat, the representative of the Moscow platform, may probably attend the Riyadh meetings as an observer, despite the announcement of the platform not to participate officially.
Dr. Kadri Jamil's Statement on the Nonparticipation in the Riyadh Meeting
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Yesterday night, the Moscow Platform informed the Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of its apology for not attending the expanded meeting of the Syrian opposition, because of the lack of consensus during the meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the Conference on the foundations and principles which the negotiating delegation – that should be the result of the expanded meeting in Riyadh on 22- 24 of this month – should be based upon.
Заявление д-ра Кадри Джамиля, главы оппозиционной группы «Московская платформа», секретаря партии «Народная воля»
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Известно, что партия «Народная воля» со своими союзниками по «Фронту за перемены и освобождение» была первой политической силой, призвавшей еще в 2011 году к межсирийскому диалогу. Она прилагала всевозможные серьезные усилия, чтобы реализовать эту патриотическую задачу, исходя из необходимости преодолеть вспыхнувший в Сирии кризис, а также из глубокого понимания сирийской действительности, баланса сил в стране, опасности других альтернатив, и подтверждая право сирийского народа на всеобъемлющие коренные демократические изменения в обществе.
Statement by Dr. Kadri Jamil, Head of the Moscow Platform, Secretary of the People's Will Party.
Arafat: Changes in Riyadh's stance and parties with extremist proposals will not remain in HNC
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New countries to join "Astana 7" And Geneva postponed till after Astana (al-Watan)
On Tuesday, 12/9/2017, Melody FM radio held an interview with the secretary of the People Will Party and the leader in the Change and Liberation Front, Alaa Arafat. In the interview Arafat discussed the latest political developments at the global, regional and local levels. Here are some of the most important questions and answers in this interview.
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Joint statement by Iran, Russia and Turkey on the International Meeting on Syria in Astana
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The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the observance of the ceasefire regime in the Syrian Arab Republic (hereinafter referred to as “Guarantors”):
Open Letter: Forward... Towards the Political Solution!
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Brothers representatives of all parties of the Syrian opposition.
Brothers representatives of the Syrian government delegation.
Gentlemen in the United Nations Special Envoy’s Team to Syria.
Gentlemen representatives of the countries of the "International Syria Support Group".
Gentlemen representatives of the Guarantor States for the de-escalation and cease-fire zones.
A consultative meeting between the three opposition platforms - Moscow, Riyadh and Cairo - took place on Monday (August 21st) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the invitation of the High Negotiations Committee.
On August 15, 2017, Al-Alam TV channel interviewed Dr. Kadri Jamil, Head of Moscow Platform of Syrian Opposition, and the leader in Change and Liberation Front, and the Secretary of People Will Party. The interview lasted 25 minutes, during which Dr. Kadri spoke about the latest political developments regarding the efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis, and about the de-escalation zones, and the Geneva and Astana talks, and the efforts to form one delegation of the Syrian opposition in preparation for a round of direct negotiations with the delegation of the Syrian Government in Geneva.