HNC Denies Abolishing Chief Negotiator Post After Alloush's Resignation

The Syrian Opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) is not planning to abolish the title of chief negotiator after resignation of Mohammed Alloush who previously held this post, HNC spokesman Riyad Naasan Agha said Tuesday.

DUBAI (Sputnik) – On Monday, HNC adviser Yahya Aridi told Sputnik that the committee may need no chief negotiator. The comment came after Alloush resigned from the position the previous day over the failure of the peace talks to bring a political settlement in Syria.

"We got no information regarding this," Agha told RIA Novosti.

According to Agha, the committee will discuss the candidates for the post of the new chief negotiator at its next session. The spokesman did not clarify when this session would take place.

A Syrian government delegation, as well as three opposition groups — the Riyadh-formed HNC, the Moscow-Cairo and the Hmeymim groups have been taking part in the UN-mediated Geneva talks.

Moscow-Cairo opposition delegation includes three separate subgroups — the so-called Moscow, Cairo and Astana platforms — representing slightly different views on the Syrian settlement.

The latest round of intra-Syrian talks took place in Geneva on April 13-27. The HNC walked out of the negotiations, citing the continuous fighting in Syria and the lack of progress on humanitarian issues.