Syria’s internal political opposition may not attend Geneva II
The National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, the leading internal Syrian political opposition group, may be left out, or opt out, of the Geneva II delegation.
BEIRUT — The Geneva II talks may be held without representation from Syria’s leading internal political opposition group.
Haytham al-Manna, a senior leader in the National Coordinating Committee for Democratic Change (NCC), was quoted by Al-Mayadeen as saying that the group would not attend the talks in Montreaux on Jan. 22.
The NCC — an internal umbrella opposition grouping a number of left-wing and nationalist parties — had hoped it could coordinate with the Syria National Coalition to finalize a unified delegation to attend the talks.
“We called on them to coordinate with us,” Ahmad al-Esrawi, a member of the NCC’s Executive Bureau, told Al-Monitor, adding that the coalition has yet to reply.
