All members of Syrian HNC opposition to leave Geneva talks by Friday - source


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Apr 2016

GENEVA (Reuters) - All members of the main Syrian opposition will leave peace talks in Geneva by Friday, their chief negotiator Asaad Zoubi said on Thursday, with little prospect of talks resuming unless the situation radically changes on the ground.

The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), which is backed in the talks with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by Western nations and key Arab states, paused its representation on Monday though it agreed to hold technical talks away from the United Nations building.

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