The Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for Middle Eat and North Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Michael Bogdanov, discussed in details with Dr. Kadri Jamil, the Co-chairman of Moscow-Istana  Platforms to Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks, Secretary of People’s Will Syrian Opposition Party, the current stage of the Syrian peace process in Geneva, under UN supervision, with laying emphasis on the need to add  a thorough,  consistent and fruitful nature over it, in accordance with the UNSCR  2254.

 The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) will most likely make concrete decisions on the composition of the Syrian transitional governing body at the upcoming meeting in Vienna on Tuesday, a source at Syrian peace talks told Sputnik on Sunday.

 At 17:30, Vienna local time, the meeting concluded between the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavarov, and the co-chairs of Moscow-Istana delegation to Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks, Kadri Jamil and Randa Kasis, and Khaled Issa, the representative of the Democratic Party, that is still excluded from these talks, so far. 

 Member of Moscow-Cairo delegation for Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks, Kadri Jamil, said, May 16, 2016, that the group is to discuss accelerating these talks in their meeting later today in Vienna with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavarov, at the eve of tomorrow’s ISSG meeting.

For the third month running, the food, medicines, and basic living stuff are being prevented access to Al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city in central Syria.

As the chairman of Syrian opposition Moscow Platform to Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks, under UN supervision, I would like to introduce, hereafter, a number of remarks on some of the statements made by Mr. Hasan Abdulazim, Head of the National Coordination Committee of the Democratic Change Forces, to Al-Watan Newspaper of Syria, published on May 11, 2016.

The past few days have witnessed the continued escalation and tension attempts that have already preceded, accompanied and followed the most recent rounds of Geneva-3

The Central Council of the People's Will Party held its periodical meeting, Saturday, May 14th, 2016.

A Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the United States on Syria was issued on May 9, 2016, published by the two countries’ Foreign Ministries. The Statement included three major points: cessation of hostilities, ensuring humanitarian access, supporting the political settlement.

The Secular Democratic Delegation, emanating from Moscow-Istana Platforms, to Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks, has recently unveiled the outlines of its proposal presented to the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, regarding its vision for the Transitional Period. Media, in general, is dealing and interacting with this proposal, however, with some suspicion and caution.