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The majority of representatives of the Syrian opposition, who met for a fresh round of reconciliation talks in the Kazakh capital, Astana, signed Tuesday a document summing up the results of negotiations, a participant in the talks told RIA Novosti. Continue reading
Syrian talks have kicked off in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Tengrinewsreports citing the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kazakhstan. Continue reading
Kazakhstan’s capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27,Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. The talks have been held for four years already with a sole aim of resolving the Syrian crisis that initially started as a pro-democracy revolt and turned into a multi-sided civil war after the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government responded with violent crackdowns. It has already killed over 200 thousand people, according to the United Nations. Continue reading
According to the founder of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society Randa Kassis, a group of members of the Syrian opposition will visit Astana on April 27 to discuss the possibility of holding intra-Syrian talks in Kazakhstan, the founder of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society. Continue reading
The Syrian opposition officially requested Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to mediate future reconciliation talks on Syrian crisis. Continue reading
The opposition and the government have alined six points of the upcoming document, Randa Kassis, a Syrian secular opposition figure said. Continue reading
Members of internal Syrian opposition intend to send a letter to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev asking him to join intra-Syrian reconciliation talks. Continue reading
The Syrian government and some opposition figures will start a second round of talks in Moscow on Monday focusing on humanitarian issues, although a broader agreement is unlikely as Syria’s main opposition group continues to boycott the talks. Continue reading
La Croix 16/01/2015
Randa Kassis, a Syrian secular opposition figure, has been invited to take part in the negotiations in Moscow bringing together Syrians from the Assad regime and members of the opposition at the end of January.
She has long been kept at a distance from her native country, Syria, but she wants to participate in its rebirth. Born in Damas in 1970, Randa Kassis spent her childhood in a complex family scenario, with a Greek-Catholic father opposed to the regime of the Al-Assad family and a Greek Orthodox mother, who was a militant supporter of the government. Continue reading