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Moscow, SANA – Russia’s Permanent Representative at the UN office in Geneva Alexey Borodavkin voiced hope that UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will correct his mistake and invite all opposition groups to attend the intra-Syrian dialogue in Geneva on February 25th.
In an interview given to Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve, Borodavkin stressed the need to form a unified delegation representing all Syrian opposition groups as per Security Council resolution no. 2254, which would mean the inclusion of representatives of the opposition that participated in the Moscow, Cairo, and Riyadh meetings.
He said that Syrian Kurds are an integral part of the Syrian people and have the right to participate in deciding their country’s future, stressing that the UN and the international support group for Syria cannot become subject to the whims of the single state that wants to prevent Kurds from participating in dialogue, referring to Turkey.
Borodavkin voiced regret over the overwhelming attention given by de Mistura to the “Riyadh opposition” delegation which assumed very extremist positions, at a time when the Moscow and Cairo group delegation didn’t receive equal attention.
The Russian Representative hoped that the international support group for Syria meeting due to be held on Thursday in Munich will pave the way towards relaunching dialogue on February 25th or before that, asserting that Russian-American cooperation in this regard is one of the essential conditions for the success of this task.
Hazem Sabbagh
