"We believe there are no problems in dialogue with the political opposition, which is peaceful and popular, if this dialogue is aimed at bringing together the efforts by Syrians in the struggle against threats to our government, with terrorism being at the top [of such threats,]" Halqi said.
Halqi said that "any political solution concerns the Syrian people, and no foreign party has the right to interfere in it, thus the national interests of the Syrian people should be the basis of any peace agreements."
Syria has been engulfed in civil war since March 2011. Damascus has been engaged in battles on multiple fronts, against the so-called moderate opposition and numerous extremist insurgent groups, including Islamic State.
In early May, UN-backed consultations between parties to the Syrian crisis took place in Geneva, Switzerland, and were followed by a meeting between the majority of representatives of the Syrian opposition later in May in the Kazakh capital, Astana.
The hostilities in Syria have killed over 220,000 people, according to UN estimates, and displaced over 11 million, making it the globe's most dire humanitarian crisis.
