MESOP DOCUMENTATION: THE STATEMENT OF SYRIAN OPPOSITION / ABOUT MUNICH RESULTS

Hijab: Kerry’s Munich statements made without our approval / Orient net

12 Feb 2016 – Syrian opposition General Coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riad Hijab said today that the HNC members “do not agree to the statements released today,” pointing out to the recent statement released from Munich which was made between Kerry and Lavrov.Hijab said that “we refuse to commit to the ceasefire while Assad stays in power and his allied Shiite militias remain in Syria,” Orient correspondent reported.

 

Hijab explained that “when Russia offered a ceasefire, we immediately rejected it in front of Kerry and al-Jubeir, but we offered a temporary ceasefire on the condition that the opposition fighting factions inside Syria agree to it.” “We then left the meeting with 11 other countries,” he continued.However, Hijab added that “Russia and the US have announced something entirely different from what was previously agreed on, and for that we do not agree on the statements that they have released.” www.mesop.de