U.S. welcomes Riyadh meeting of Syrian opposition groups

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at http://ift.tt/jcXqJW.

Wednesday 09 Dec 2015 - 11:04 Makkah mean time-27-2-1437 State Department spokesman John Kirby (Google image) Washington (IINA) – The United States has welcomed Saudi Arabia's hosting of a meeting of Syrian opposition groups in Riyadh on December 8-10, calling it an "important step in creating momentum for negotiations" on a political transition in Syria, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. "We welcome the coming together in Riyadh today of a broad and representative gathering of the Syrian opposition to work towards a consensus on their positions," US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a press statement on Tuesday. AB/IINA