February 2, 2016

"Following a two-hour meeting with the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told press on Monday that intra-Syrian talks aiming to broker a lasting peace for the country at war since 2011 had officially started.

'As far as we are concerned their arrival to the Palais des Nations and initiating the discussions with us is the official beginning of the Geneva talks,' the diplomat stated."

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