Syrian Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, who held a press conference on the last day of Geneva 8 negotiations on Syria, said that since November 28, they have held 11 meetings with opposition and 7 meetings with the regime.
Mistura stressed that the opponents put all four basic chapters of the negotiations that constitute the content of the dialogue, the constitution, the elections and the struggle with terrorism on the table, and noted that the regime focused only on the title of "terrorism".
Reacting to the regime's delegation demanded the withdrawal of the Riyadh 2 meeting declaration that was the removal of Assad was asked. Mistura stated that the regime's claim is not a "logical" and "acceptable".
Mistura noted that the Geneva 8 negotiations failed and said, "We did not succeed, a golden opportunity was missed".
Mistura questioned whether the talks would continue; "Yes, I am planning to start again in January." gave the answer.
On the question of the evacuation of sick and wounded civilians in East Guta where is under the siege of the regime, Mistura said, "I have spoken with Jafari (the chairman of the regime's delegation), but I have not received a satisfactory answer from him to solve this problem." (ILKHA)