Next Round of Intra-Syrian Talks May Be Held in New York

Badr Jamous, a member of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, said that sides of Syrian conflict agreed to hold a meeting in New York on December 18.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The next round of talks between Syria's authorities and opposition groups could be held in New York, Badr Jamous, a member of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

"We received informal information from the UN that the sides have agreed to hold a meeting in New York on December 18," Jamous said.

Ahead of the anticipated New York meeting, opposition groups will reportedly convene in Saudi Arabia’s capital city Riyadh on December 7 in a bid to bridge the gap in their positions on the four-year Syrian conflict, according to Saudi-owned Al-Hadath TV channel.

Syria’s President Bashar Assad said in an interview on November 22 that his government was ready to meet opposition in Moscow, which served as the venue for two rounds of intra-Syrian talks earlier this year.

Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoubi said last week that Moscow talks had been postponed due to what he described as differences between factions of Syrian external opposition.