Moscow is ready to provide a venue for the meeting of the government and the “opposition” of Syria with participation of foreign partners; some of the “opposition” members agree to this, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said.
This came today as a statement by Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov following the meetings with Syrian “opposition”.
The Deputy Minister has noted that during these consultations the parties were “not necessarily supposed to agree on something”. According to him, it is important “to create an atmosphere of communication”.
The absence of such a communication does not help to solve problems, Bogdanov added.
Russia believes that the work of the OPCW and the UN missions in Syria is successful and professional; the task of the destruction of chemical weapons can be implemented by the middle of the next year.
“The OPCW and the UN missions in Syria are working very professionally in order to implement their tasks /chemical disarmament/. This team is very successful,” the high ranking diplomat said.
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