Syrian Opposition Groups in Geneva Set to Form Single Delegation Soon

© REUTERS / Xu Jinquan/PoolUN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura (3rd L) attends a new round of negotiation with Syria's main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Nasr al-Hariri during the Intra Syria talks, at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland July 14, 2017
UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura (3rd L) attends a new round of negotiation with Syria's main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Nasr al-Hariri during the Intra Syria talks, at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland July 14, 2017 - Sputnik International
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All groups of the Syrian opposition at the Geneva talks are seriously determined to form a single delegation, according to the head of the Moscow platform's delegation, Mohannad Dlykan.

GENEVA (Sputnik) — All groups of the Syrian opposition at the Geneva talks are seriously determined to create a single delegation soon, the head of the Moscow platform's delegation, Mohannad Dlykan, said on Friday.

"All oppositions are seriously determined to form a single delegation. In order to do that, we need to agree on all papers, and this will hopefully be achieved in near future. To this end, we have agreed on a round of technical and political meetings that will start in the last week of this month, " Dlykan told reporters on the sidelines of the seventh round of Geneva talks.

Syrian Ambassador to the U.N. Bashar al Jaafari (L) attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 25, 2017 - Sputnik International
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On Thursday, Dlykan told Sputnik that the Moscow platform hoped to form a single delegation with other opposition groups at the next, eighth, round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva.

The eighth round of intra-Syrian talks is likely to take place in September, after the high-level international meeting on Syria in Astana in late August, a source close to the negotiations process told Sputnik.

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