VIENNA (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko – On Tuesday, ISSG issued a joint communique after the ministerial meeting, calling for transformation of the cessation of hostilities into a nationwide ceasefire and opening of the humanitarian access to all the besieged areas.
The atmosphere of safety needs to be recreated in Syria "in order to make the mission of [UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan] de Mistura [on finding settlement] possible," Kodmani said, commenting on whether the HNC was ready to restart proximity peace talks after the ISSG had agreed on strengthening ceasefire.
"We still need to see steps in implementing ISSG agreement," she stressed.
Earlier on Tuesday, Salem Meslet, the spokesman of the Riyadh-formed group, affirmed HNC did not want the current truce with the Syrian government to fail for fear of a full-fledged war, adding that the committee would continue negotiating a political solution for the Syrian crisis.
