MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) is ready to resume talks on political settlement without any preliminary conditions, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Saturday.
"Syrian opposition is ready to resume talks without preliminary conditions… the talks should continue on transparent basis within the framework of UN resolution 2254," Ayrault said following the ministerial meeting of the Friends of Syria Group.
An international meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria Group members was held in the French capital on Saturday. Ayrault, as well as his counterparts from Germany, the United States, Qatar, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Jordan participated in the meeting.