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Kremlin Strikes Back at Accusations of Syria Peace Talks Failure
Last week, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de
Mistura decided to postpone the UN-backed talks on the Syrian
reconciliation as the parties were unable to reach a compromise on a
number of issues.
The opposition and government delegations blamed
each other for the breakdown in the talks, while the US State Department
claimed Russia "in part" contributed to the failure of the negotiations
by backing the Syrian army's offensive.
"Russia is supporting the offensive the Syrian
army is waging against terrorist groups. Terrorist groups are not taking
part and should not be taking part in these negotiations [in Geneva].
The question of whether to continue the fight against these groups is
not disputed, so it is not appropriate to accuse Russia of bearing some
ephemeral blame for the failure of negotiations," Peskov told reporters.
The negotiations, organized in line with the UN
Security Council resolution that stipulated that the entire spectrum
of political factions in the crisis-torn country should be brought
to the negotiating table, are expected to resume on February 25.
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