GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS

Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari told reporters in Geneva the threats made by “some members of the Saudi delegation” to the intra-Syrian talks were translated on the ground today through the bombardment of Aleppo city and the suicide bombing in the town of Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:22
• Production Date: 25 April 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Personal Subject: BASHAR JAAFARI
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; PEACE; SYRIA SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1610370
• Parent Id: 1610370
• Alternate Title: unifeed160425g

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STORY: GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 25 APRIL 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

RECENT - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, exterior Palais des Nations

25 APRIL 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, Ja’afari approaching the stakeout
3. Wide shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syria:
“The message of the Saudi delegation, or the Saudi group, before they left was clear: breaking the cessation of hostilities, attacking the Syrian Arab Army, and bombing cities. This is what was said in official statements attributed to the so-called Head of the negotiating delegation of the Saudi group.”
5. Wide shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syria:
“In all honesty the problem of escalating terrorism in Syria has a political background, foreign instruction and foreign actors.”
7. Wide shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syria:
“The Vienna meeting asked Saudi Arabia to prepare a list of those who are opposition and those who are not – the groups that are opposition and the groups that are not opposition. It also asked Jordan to prepare a list of terrorist organizations and organizations that are not terrorists. The result was of course that both governments, Saudi and Jordanian, failed to carry out these instructions or mission. This resulted in exporting the problem to Geneva and the participation of terrorists in the Saudi team, or group, or delegation. This is why we are paying the price for what happened in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.”
9. Med shot, camerapersons
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syria:
“We have submitted to the Special Envoy our amendments to his document, our constitutional amendments on his proposed document. And we considered it, we considered these amendments, an integral part of this paper.”
11. Med shot, reporter taking notes
12. Zoom out, press conference end

Storyline

Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari told reporters in Geneva the threats made by “some members of the Saudi delegation” to the intra-Syrian talks were translated on the ground today (25 APR) through the bombardment of Aleppo city and the suicide bombing in the town of Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus.

Referring to the Syrian opposition delegation as the “Saudi group”, Ja’afari said the comments made by the delegation were meant to bring failure to the talks and increase foreign influence.

Speaking to reporters following his meeting with the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura, the Syrian ambassador said it was no surprise that the attacks carried out today were conducted by the “Ahrar Al-Sham terrorist organization which is run by Turkish intelligence” and “Jaysh Al-Islam terrorist organization which is run by Saudi intelligence.”

Ja’afari said some members of the delegation are terrorists themselves, which is why many countries concerned with the Syrian situation and his government objected to their participation in the talks.

Ja’afari said the Vienna conference on Syria asked Saudi Arabia to identify opposition groups and Jordan to identify terrorist organizations in the country. He said both governments failed to do this which resulted in “exporting the problem to Geneva and the participation of terrorists in the Saudi team.”

Ja’afari noted his government had sent letters to the Security Council and the Secretary-General, calling on them to help the government fight terrorism and hold countries sponsoring terrorism accountable.

The ambassador said his delegation also submitted their “constitutional amendments” to the Special Envoy’s proposed outcome document. He said his government considers these amendments an “integral part” to this document.

Ja’afari noted that talks with the UN team will resume tomorrow (26 APR).