“Today we discussed the draft agenda that was put forth by [Russian] moderator Vitaly Naumkin in a letter sent out to all participants ahead of the meeting. At the end of the meeting, we agreed in general to endorse this agenda with some cosmetic clarifications,” Jamil said.
Jamil, who is one of the leaders of the Syrian left-wing opposition People's Will Party and the Popular Front for Change and Liberation, said the agreed plan will help frame negotiations with the regime’s envoy and UN ambassador Bashar Jafari.
The talks will continue on Tuesday when five representatives of the Popular Front will meet with five members from another opposition group, called the National Coordination Committee, as well as with some smaller political groups and independents. The government’s Bashar Jafari will join negotiators on Wednesday.
This is the second attempt at reconciling the rival Syrian parties with the help of Russia’s mediation, after January talks in Moscow and a UN-backed conference in Geneva failed to yield tangible results.
