Syrian opposition cites 'momentum' after Geneva talks
Representatives of the Syrian National Coalition concluded the Geneva II peace talks in a "positive spirit," although there are still questions about the group’s influence with armed groups and the opposition inside Syria.
GENEVA — The Syrian National Coalition left the Geneva II talks with “momentum” and a “positive spirit,” according to opposition negotiator Murhaf Jouejati.
“What we did here was positive in general,” Jouejati told Al-Monitor in Geneva.
“There is still a very large gap, but nobody walked out, nobody torpedoed these talks,” he said.
Jouejati gave a more positive spin at the end of the talks than UN special representative Lakhdar Brahimi, who conceded at the Munich Security Conference afterward that “there was no progress.”
