Syria opposition gets U.N. meeting, rebel chief won't attend
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold an informal meeting with members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition this week, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday, but the chief rebel commander will not attend due to the situation inside Syria.
The meeting will take place on Friday and include political and military representatives of the Syrian opposition, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said in a statement. Saudi-backed tribal leader Ahmed al-Jarba, the new president of the coalition, will lead the delegation, he said.
Lyall Grant said the informal nature of the meeting would "provide a forum for members of the council to have a frank and informal exchange with the National Coalition, to discuss key issues relating to the Syrian conflict."
A spokesman for Moscow's U.N. mission confirmed that Russia would join the other 14 Security Council members at the Syria meeting on Friday. Russia is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's main ally and arms supplier and has vetoed three Western- and Arab-backed council resolutions condemning Assad's government.
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John2
(2,730 posts)leader in charge? You really believe Idriss is in Syria, or Saudia Arabia, Qatar or Turkey? If the Syrian Army knew he was in Syria, he would be a marked man period. Where are the political leaders that represent the actual people living in Syria? That have Syrian citizenship?
Lugal Zaggesi
(366 posts)don't like to go to New York City for UN "meetings",
because it's hard to get good cannibal food there.
They'd rather stay in Syria:
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David__77
(23,457 posts)It would be better if they agreed to negotiate with their adversary, as the Syrian government has done.
rpannier
(24,333 posts)Unless what iIve been reading has been overstated by a value of 10 to the 100th power, this ceased being a conflict a long time ago and is a full scale war.