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Moscow, SANA – Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Alexey Borodavkin said that the majority of al-Riaydh opposition delegation to the intra-Syrian dialogue are extremists who have no intentions to conduct any dialogue and keep putting forward conditions.
In an interview with TASS on Tuesday, Borodavkin said that the Syrian government representatives look “very encouraging at these talks and the fact has been recognized both by the UN and by observers. They did a good job in the run-up to the talks and now they are conducting them earnestly and in a bid to get fair results.”
He noted that al-Riyadh delegation’s decision to suspend participation in the inter-Syrian dialogue in Geneva proves that extremists have raised the upper hand in its delegation.
“Suspended participation in the talks only proves that, unfortunately, extremists have prevailed in its delegation,” he went on. “In fact they didn’t want any negotiations at all from the very beginning and they kept putting forward conditions and ultimatums.”
Borodavkin added that these extremists hope for a continuation of violence and conflict in Syria and “we can see quite clearly they draw on support from some of the regional countries.”
He pointed out that al-Riyadh delegation has made an “erroneous step” and the reasons it cites to explain suspending its participations “cannot stand any criticism”.
The Russian Diplomat stressed that the Syrian Arab army, with the assistance of the Russian Aerospace Force, will continue its war against the ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations.
Borodavkin recalled that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a telephone conversation a mere three days ago that the cessation of hostilities was observed in general while Russia and the U.S. were doing everything in their power to build it up and bring all the armed opposition groupings into it.
Regarding the humanitarian situation, Borodavkin said that convoys with relief supplies are heading to different towns in Syria, noting that al-Riyadh opposition delegation’s claims about a worsening humanitarian are purported distortion of reality.
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