Syria opposition lays preconditions for peace talks


  • World
  • Monday, 04 Nov 2013

President of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad Jarba attends the Arab foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo November 3, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition set terms on Sunday for attending peace talks to end the Syrian civil war, in a move that throws the proposed conference into further confusion after the international envoy said there should be no preconditions.

The long-delayed talks - known as Geneva 2 - are meant to bring Syria's warring sides to the negotiating table, but have been repeatedly delayed because of disputes between world powers, divisions among the opposition and irreconcilable positions of Assad and the rebels.

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