Syrian rebel rejects call for talks with Assad
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March 10, 2012, Saturday
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THE leader of Syria's main opposition group rejected UN envoy Kofi Annan's call yesterday for dialogue with President Bashar Assad's government, saying it was pointless and unrealistic as the regime massacres its own people.
In a telephone interview from Paris, Burhan Ghalioun, who heads the opposition Syrian National Council, said that Annan already has disappointed the Syrian people.
Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said his mission was to start a "political process" to resolve the conflict in the country. He is due this weekend in Syria to meet with Assad.
In comments made in Cairo on Thursday after talks with the Arab League chief, Annan warned against further militarization of the Syrian conflict and urged the opposition to come together with the government to find a political solution.
"I hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation," Annan said. He also said he would be making "realistic" proposals to resolve the conflict. But Ghalioun blasted such statements as unrealistic.
The UN says more than 7,500 people have been killed in the past year since the revolt against Assad erupted.
In a telephone interview from Paris, Burhan Ghalioun, who heads the opposition Syrian National Council, said that Annan already has disappointed the Syrian people.
Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said his mission was to start a "political process" to resolve the conflict in the country. He is due this weekend in Syria to meet with Assad.
In comments made in Cairo on Thursday after talks with the Arab League chief, Annan warned against further militarization of the Syrian conflict and urged the opposition to come together with the government to find a political solution.
"I hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation," Annan said. He also said he would be making "realistic" proposals to resolve the conflict. But Ghalioun blasted such statements as unrealistic.
The UN says more than 7,500 people have been killed in the past year since the revolt against Assad erupted.
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