Last week Assad told Belarusian TV channel ONT that the Geneva talks were “merely a meeting for the media” and there had been “nothing substantial in all the Geneva meetings”. Last week Assad told Belarusian TV channel ONT that the Geneva talks were “merely a meeting for the media” and there had been “nothing substantial in all the Geneva meetings”. Syria peace talks in Geneva this week should benefit from a tighter format and a deal to reduce the violence, U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Monday, playing down dismissive comments by President Bashar al-Assad. Last week Assad told Belarusian TV channel ONT that the Geneva talks were “merely a meeting for the media” and there had been “nothing substantial in all the Geneva meetings”. The alternative is no discussion, no hope, no political horizon, just waiting for facts on the ground to take place,” de Mistura told reporters.

Source: Indian Express May 16, 2017 08:26 UTC