A Syrian government official says Damascus is prepared to restart United Nations-brokered negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict that has raged for over five years
“Syria… is ready to continue the Syrian-Syrian dialogue without any preconditions… and without foreign interference, with the support of the United Nations,” SANA news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry official as saying on Sunday.
The official further said that the Syrian government was intent on finding a political solution to the conflict gripping the country.
Earlier this week, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura expressed hope that a new round of intra-Syrian peace talks will be held in Geneva in August.
The latest round of the indirect UN-mediated negotiations between Syria’s warring sides began in Geneva on April 13.
A “cessation of hostilities” brokered by the US and Russia went into effect in Syria on February 27, but it does not apply to the Nusra Front and Daesh groups.
Despite the ceasefire, fighting still rages on in some parts of Syria, particularly around the city of Aleppo.
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