Syrian opposition to meet in Cairo

10:22 • 02.07.12



Syrian opposition groups will hold a two-day meeting in Cairo starting Monday in a bid to agree on a transitional period with the Arab ministers, Al Arabiya reported.

The meeting is expected to be attended by as many as 250 figures from the Syrian opposition. The attendants will discuss the so-called “National Declaration Document,” as well as another document related to the common political vision of the Syrian opposition.

Reema Flaihan, spokesperson of the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), has told Al Arabiya that the responsible committee has prepared a document for the transitional period, which has been signed by the different opposition members.

According to reports, the opposition figures will most probably reject any discussion of a national unity government in the presence of President Bashar al-Assad.

On the ground, as many as 77 people have been killed in violent crackdown on dissent across the country on Sunday.

The Syrian opposition on Sunday branded an international plan for a transition in strife-torn Syria a failure, as the death toll mounted.

World powers meeting in Geneva on Saturday agreed that the transition plan could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for Assad in a new unity government.

Russia and China insisted that Syrians themselves must decide how the transition takes place, rather than allow others to dictate their fate.

Moscow and Beijing, which have twice blocked U.N. Security Council resolutions on Syria, signed up to the final agreement that did not make any explicit call for Assad to cede power.

In a special interview with Al Arabiya, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebary said that the principles agreed on in Geneva will give extra powers to Annan and his team for the sake of finding a solution to the Syrian crisis.

Official Syrian media slammed the outcome, in rare agreement with the main opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) and the LCC which organize protests.
 

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