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.
The Syrian Pound suffered from a sharp decline vs. the US Dollar, in 2015 and 2016. This has been leading to continuous deterioration of the living standards of the Syrians who still inside the country. The most recent blow the Syrians received was on May 10, 2016, when the Central Bank of Syria, adopted the black market exchange rate as a new actual high starting point for the green currency at $1/S.P 620..!
The People’s Will Party of Syria sent the following greeting message to the Lebanese Communist Party on the conclusion of the deliberations of its 11th General Conference, held in Beirut, 22-24 of April 2016.
Immediately before the closure of the last round of Geneva-3, the Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, held, upon his invitation, a meeting with the delegation of Moscow-Cairo Platforms, for the second time in 24 Hours.
Russian Foreign Ministry said in statement, Friday, April 29, 2016, that the Special Envoy of the Russian President for Middle East and North Africa, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Michael Bogdanov, has received in Moscow, Kadri Jamil, Secretary of the People’s Will Party of Syria, Member of the Leadership of Syrian opposition Change and Liberation Front.
"The suspension of the participation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) in the intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva will not lead to their disruption", Co-chairman of "Moscow-Istana" Platforms of Syrian opposition, and the Secretary of the People's Will Party, Dr. Kadri Jamil, told "TASS" agency on 18/4/2016.
The ceasefire in Syria will apply not only to Damascus and Latakia but also to Aleppo, one of the leaders of the Syrian opposition Change and Liberation Front, representative of the opposition "Moscow platform" (part of the Moscow-Cairo group) Kadri Jamil said on Friday, 29.04.2016.
"The cessation of hostilities in Syria is still holding despite some difficulties", Dr. Kadri Jamil, co-chairman of "Moscow-Istana" platforms of Syrian opposition, and the Secretary of the People's Will Party, told "Sputnik" Agency on 20/04/2016.
"The United States should provide the oppositional High Negotiations Committee (HNC, formed in Riyadh) not with weapons but with pens and paper for taking part in the negotiations, which remain the sole way of settling the situation in Syria", a Secretary of the People's Will Party, (participating in the negotiations within Moscow-Cairo platforms), Dr. Kadri Jamil told "TASS" Agency in an exclusive interview, on 20/4/2016.
