Syrian Coalition: De Mistura Will Fail If He Adopts the Policy of his Predecessors

Khatib Badla, member of the political committee, said that the new UN special envoy to Syria will not be able to succeed in his mission if he follows the same approach followed by his predecessors who failed to bring the Assad regime to the negotiating table,” commenting on the statements of the UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, who described as “useful” his meeting with Assad. “The Assad regime will not accept any political solution because it is fully aware that it will lead to its demise, therefore Assad and his allies sought hard to foil the Geneva II conference whose baselines were very clearly spelled out. We call on the new international envoy to put forward his agenda and vision for bringing about a political solution. Excluding the Assad regime from the international coalition to fight terrorism and the latest rebels’ gains, especially in Quneitra province have further weakened the Assad regime. Therefore it is trying desperately to regain some legitimacy through imploring the international community to be included as a partner in the anti-ISIS coalition.” Badla points out that most countries have become fully aware that the Assad regime is losing the battle against the Syrian people, a fact that is attested by the panic that is gripping its supporters and the rapid decline of the exchange rate of the Syrian pound.” De Mistura has described his meeting with Assad as “long and very useful,” and underlined the “necessity of combating terrorism and helping Syrians solve their crisis politically. “Terrorist threats have become a source of concern for people all over the world, de Mistura told reporters after the encounter. He added that “combating terrorist groups is one of the UN’s priorities and this move would not be made without solving the country’s crisis to create better situations for Syrians, stressing this move would be made to coincide with a comprehensive political process taking into consideration UN Resolution 2170 tasked with combating terrorism.” (Source: Syrian Coalition)