GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS UPDATE

Syrian ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said his government's delegation to the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva "responded today to all the questions and clarifications that were presented by the United Nations (UN) team lead by the Special Enovy Staffan De Mistura.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:59
• Production Date: 26 April 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Personal Subject: BASHAR JAAFARI
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; PEACE; SYRIA SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1611184
• Parent Id: 1611184
• Alternate Title: unifeed160426b

Description

STORY: GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS WRAP
TRT: 0:59
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 26 April 2016 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

RECENT – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Aerial shot, Palais des Nations

26 April 2016 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, Syrian government delegation at press stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syria:
“We responded today to all the questions and clarifications that were presented by the United Nations team lead by the Special Enovy, Staffan De Mistura, and all these questions and clarifications pertained to important issues.”
4. Wide shot, Qadri Jamil at the stakeout
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qadri Jamil, Head Moscow-Cairo opposition group:
“The question which is directed to those who suspended their participation: Does this suspension help reinforce the cessation of hostilities? Does it help improve the humanitarian situation? We believe that the contrary is true. Therefore the continuation of the talks, the continuation of Geneva on the track that is required of it is the best assistance that can be given to the Syrian people”.

Storyline

Syrian ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said his government's delegation to the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva "responded today (26 APR) to all the questions and clarifications that were presented by the United Nations (UN) team lead by the Special Enovy Staffan De Mistura.”

Speaking to reporters one day before the end of the current two-week round talks, Ja'afari described this round “as useful and constructive”.

UN Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura also met today with the Head of the Moscow-Cairo opposition group Qadri Jamil. Addressing the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) opposition group, Jamil asked if the suspension of their participation in the talks helped “reinforced the cessation of hostilities” or “improve the humanitarian situation”. He said his group did not believe that to be true and insisted that the resumption of the Geneva talks was “the best assistance that can be given to the Syrian people.”

The HNC had suspended its role in the Geneva talks last week to protest cease-fire violations, continued obstacles to humanitarian aid deliveries, and the lack of progress in securing the release of detainees in Syria.

Qadri Jamil, a former Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, said his group asked for the next round of intra-Syrian talks to be direct. He also advocated for a single, but not united, opposition delegation, which would negotiate directly with the Syrian government.

De Mistura also met with the Internal Damascus platform opposition group. He is expected to address the UN Security Council in New York via video conference Wednesday evening at the closing of this round of talks.