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Saudi Backed Opposition in Syria Pushing for Transitional Political Body

© AFP 2023 / PHILIPPE DESMAZESHigh Negotiations Committee (HNC) spokesman Salem al-Meslet (R) addresses the media during a press conference on the eve of the second round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva on March 13, 2016
High Negotiations Committee (HNC) spokesman Salem al-Meslet (R) addresses the media during a press conference on the eve of the second round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva on March 13, 2016 - Sputnik International
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High Negotiations Committee spokesman Salem Meslet said that Saudi-backed Syrian umbrella opposition group, committee plans to hold talks with Damascus on Syria's reconciliation.

This file photo taken on February 23, 2016 shows a Red Crescent convoy carrying humanitarian aid arriveing in Kafr Batna, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus during an operation in cooperation with the UN to deliver aid to thousands of besieged Syrians - Sputnik International
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GENEVA (Sputnik) The Saudi-backed Syrian umbrella opposition group, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), plans to hold talks with Damascus on Syria's reconciliation based on the 2012 Geneva communique on finding a political solution to the crisis in the war-torn country, HNC spokesman Salem Meslet said Tuesday.

"We are going to negotiate on the basis of the Geneva communique [2012's Geneva I] and [the UN Security Council] resolution 2254," Meslet said.

The Riyadh-formed opposition HNC delegation is expected to meet with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura on Tuesday night in Geneva.

The Geneva I communique stipulates the establishment of a transitional body which is expected to create a "neutral environment" in which a transition of power can take place in Syria. According to the communique, the transitional body should exercise executive powers and include members of the current Syrian government, opposition groups and "other groups." It is supposed to be formed on the basis of mutual consent.

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