Safi: Exclusive Right to Expand Negotiating Team Belongs to the Coalition

Louay Safi, spokesman for the Syrian Coalition, expressed astonishment at Brahimi’s hinting for the need to expand the Coalition’s negotiating team, stressing that “Brahimi’s interference is unacceptable in determining the nature of the negotiating team, as this will not push things forward.” Safi also said that “the Syrian Coalition has the exclusive decision to expand the opposition delegation at the conference. The Syrian Coalition encompasses the broadest representation for the Syrian opposition.”  Safi also recalled that the UN Secretary General sent invitations to two sides only, the Syrian Coalition and the Assad regime. “The Syrian Coalition represents a much wider social spectrum than that represented by the Assad regime,” he said. (Source: Syrian Coalition)