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the opposition members have been having their own meeting to decide what they think of what mr staffan de mistura said to them. the word we're going from the hotel is there seems to be some disagreement on what was said to them by mr staffan de mistura. while all this was going on, another group of opposition members were actually briefing the press at a press conference and, again, there at the press conference the opposition made their conditions clear. >> translation: we wish to see forward reaching the starving to death women and children. we wish to see the women released from the regime's prisons. we wish to see the criminal murderous aerial bombardment by the russian jet fighters coming to an end >>> james, seeing it's quite a fast-moving story on the ground where you are, but do we know if these demands are not met but the opposition are putting forward, then will they still negotiate? >> reporter: i think that's the big question. i'm joined by one of the hnc members. you've just come out of the meeting with another meeting, not staffan de mistura. what was it about? >> it was very positi
the opposition members have been having their own meeting to decide what they think of what mr staffan de mistura said to them. the word we're going from the hotel is there seems to be some disagreement on what was said to them by mr staffan de mistura. while all this was going on, another group of opposition members were actually briefing the press at a press conference and, again, there at the press conference the opposition made their conditions clear. >> translation: we wish to see...
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this question must be raised to mr staffan de mistura, the special envoy. the special envoy is concerned by forming the opposition teams. we are concerned with our affairs as representatives of the syrian government, according to the resolution 2254 this condition must be met. the widest spectrum of the opposition and this stipulation has not been honoured. as we speak, we are not aware who are we going to see against this or who are we going to talk to, who we are going to engage in dialogue with. all the matters mentioned by you and those were not mentioned will be on the negotiating table under the auspices of the special envoy. this is a very important
this question must be raised to mr staffan de mistura, the special envoy. the special envoy is concerned by forming the opposition teams. we are concerned with our affairs as representatives of the syrian government, according to the resolution 2254 this condition must be met. the widest spectrum of the opposition and this stipulation has not been honoured. as we speak, we are not aware who are we going to see against this or who are we going to talk to, who we are going to engage in dialogue...
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mr. staffan de mistura is going to be negotiating with them about humanitarian access, do you have any uneasy about that? >> a lot of uneasy about the fact that siege and denial of access is a tactic of war in syria. i have a lot of uneasy about that as do all of us and this is what we try everyday to try and make a dent on by trying to go to these places and reach the people and try to make even if a small difference as we have been able to do in resent weeks i'm sure you followed that quite closely. the securityouncil has been helpful to some extent, security council resolution 2165 allowed us to reach more people across border because since july 2014 the u.n. was not able to do so and that resolution helped us to reach millions of people across
mr. staffan de mistura is going to be negotiating with them about humanitarian access, do you have any uneasy about that? >> a lot of uneasy about the fact that siege and denial of access is a tactic of war in syria. i have a lot of uneasy about that as do all of us and this is what we try everyday to try and make a dent on by trying to go to these places and reach the people and try to make even if a small difference as we have been able to do in resent weeks i'm sure you followed that...
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they're trying to make that case very strongly to mr staffan de mistura in this the first meeting that is taking place between the opposition and the u.n. during this talks process. what the u.n. would like is these talks, these initial talks, to become negotiations, proximity talks, with both sides attending the u.n. headquarters. that's not happening yet >>> thanks for that. let's get the view from the ground. you've been talking to people there about these talks. it is not the first time there have been these rounds of talks. what have people been saying and what are their expectations? >> reporter: if you talk to people in opposition controlled areas as well assyrian refugees, activists, politicians, people do not really expect a break through. they believe that the government will not compromise, will not give in to any concessions. they say two years ago during geneva one and two nothing happened. there was no tangible result. this time around the government is in a stronger position because of russia's intervention, the political balance of power really has visited in the favor
they're trying to make that case very strongly to mr staffan de mistura in this the first meeting that is taking place between the opposition and the u.n. during this talks process. what the u.n. would like is these talks, these initial talks, to become negotiations, proximity talks, with both sides attending the u.n. headquarters. that's not happening yet >>> thanks for that. let's get the view from the ground. you've been talking to people there about these talks. it is not the first...
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mr. staffan de mistura shuttling between it and mr. mistura said anyone who takes part in the negotiation in either delegation will not be allowed to be a part of the transitional government that the talks are supposed to create, so there are rules in place but for talks that for now look far from certain. james base, al jazeera, u.n. >>> large explosion near the airport in the northern city in mali, local media say it was caused by a land mine targeting a u.n. vehicle, sources in kadal say some people have been injured. some kenya troops killed arrived home and died when the african union peace keepers were attacked on friday and al-shabab says it killed more than 100 soldiers but kenya officials have not confirmed the final death toll as yet. the body of alberta was found in his apartment a year ago sparking protests and accusations of a presidential cover up and daniel reports now from the argentine capitol buenos aires. >> reporter: a year on and there are more questions than answers. these people are still asking how alberto nissm
mr. staffan de mistura shuttling between it and mr. mistura said anyone who takes part in the negotiation in either delegation will not be allowed to be a part of the transitional government that the talks are supposed to create, so there are rules in place but for talks that for now look far from certain. james base, al jazeera, u.n. >>> large explosion near the airport in the northern city in mali, local media say it was caused by a land mine targeting a u.n. vehicle, sources in...
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because what you're going to have at the moment is the syrian government here speaking to mr staffan de mistura and i'm certain the ambassador of the u.n. will come straight out to the cameras and saying we came here for peace and where is the opposition? now it looks likely that a small group of opposition players coming from riyadh will be coming here by the very end of the day, but not a full negotiating delegation >>> thank you for that. james bays will keep us right up-to-date with that. in the mean time turkey is saying that it hopes the syrian opposition will go to those talks. the prime minister says he is hoping the opposition groups preconditions for talks will be met.
because what you're going to have at the moment is the syrian government here speaking to mr staffan de mistura and i'm certain the ambassador of the u.n. will come straight out to the cameras and saying we came here for peace and where is the opposition? now it looks likely that a small group of opposition players coming from riyadh will be coming here by the very end of the day, but not a full negotiating delegation >>> thank you for that. james bays will keep us right up-to-date...
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mr. staffan de mistura shuttling between them. i'm told that mr. de mistura has said that anyone who takes part in the negotiations in either delegation will not be allowed to be part of the transitional government that the talks are supposed to create. so there are rules in place but for talks that for now look far from certain. james base, al jazeera, the united nations. >> let's take a closer look at this now and joining us from london is the chair of contemporary middle east studies at the london school of economics and always good to have you on the show. now there is a lot of hope for these talks to take place in geneva but still there is a lot of differences and all the parties that are supposed to take that in these talks are not united, they can't agree on an agenda, they cannot agree on a direction, is there any point then in forcing these talks to go ahead? >> you know, when major point for your viewers and first of all the security council stipulates that the meeting should take place on the 25th of january. secondly the idea behind the
mr. staffan de mistura shuttling between them. i'm told that mr. de mistura has said that anyone who takes part in the negotiations in either delegation will not be allowed to be part of the transitional government that the talks are supposed to create. so there are rules in place but for talks that for now look far from certain. james base, al jazeera, the united nations. >> let's take a closer look at this now and joining us from london is the chair of contemporary middle east studies...
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staffan de mistura. it was during this meeting that news emerged that the main opposition group said it will now travel to geneva. mr staffan de mistura told reporters he had to wait for official confirmation, but he said he was optimistic >> i have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. they're will be in a position on probably sunday to actually start the discussions with them and in order to be able to proceed with the syrian talks. >> reporter: one opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that her colleagues would be here in a matter of hours. >> we just want to let you know that, yes, they're coming. we're going to start discussing with the u.n. about our two important fights, humanitarians and political detainees. this is what we're for us. we're preparing and the team is coming tomorrow and you will hear all the details later >> reporter: the decision to come here has been a difficult one for the high negotiating commission. they say they've been given assurances, not just by the u.n., but also by the u.s. and russia, that there will be measures soon to alle
staffan de mistura. it was during this meeting that news emerged that the main opposition group said it will now travel to geneva. mr staffan de mistura told reporters he had to wait for official confirmation, but he said he was optimistic >> i have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. they're will be in a position on probably sunday to actually start the discussions with them and in order to be able to proceed with the syrian talks. >>...
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mr. staffan de mistura has said what he believes is top of the agenda and he says that what they do hereshow instant results for the people of syria and that is why among the top issues they are going to be talking about is trying to get cease fires on the ground to stop the fighting in parts of syria, that i think explains why you are seeing the resent military action that has taken place in deraa and they say let's grab some land quickly before the fighting in the area is stopped because once it's stopped the military conflict there we won't be able to make any further gains and explains the increased in fighting. the other thing they will be talking about is humanitarian access trying to get humanitarian aid in and we are going to hear more about that in the next half hour or so when the humanitarian chiefs will give a briefing here in geneva. >> thank you for that, diplomatic editor in geneva. let's now take a closer look at who controls different regions of syria and reporting restrictions make it hard to be precise on this and rebels hold areas near the border with turkey and idlib
mr. staffan de mistura has said what he believes is top of the agenda and he says that what they do hereshow instant results for the people of syria and that is why among the top issues they are going to be talking about is trying to get cease fires on the ground to stop the fighting in parts of syria, that i think explains why you are seeing the resent military action that has taken place in deraa and they say let's grab some land quickly before the fighting in the area is stopped because once...
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because what you're going to have at the moment is the syrian government here speaking to mr staffan de mistura and i'm certain the ambassador of the u.n. will come straight out to the cameras and saying we came here for peace and where is the opposition? now it looks likely that a small group of opposition players coming from riyadh will be coming here by the very end of the day, but not a full negotiating delegation >>> thank you for that. james bays will keep us right up-to-date with that. in the mean time turkey is saying that it hopes the syrian opposition will go to those talks. the prime minister says he is hoping the opposition groups preconditions for talks will be met. >> translation: the syrian opposition continues to hope talks. we hope they will decide to participate in these peace talks. it will be closely followed with the rightful demands are met. we hope that the conditions to start talks will be established as soon as possible, but more importantly, humanitarian aid will be delivered to everyone in syria and a new period will begin. turkey is ready to give every contribution f
because what you're going to have at the moment is the syrian government here speaking to mr staffan de mistura and i'm certain the ambassador of the u.n. will come straight out to the cameras and saying we came here for peace and where is the opposition? now it looks likely that a small group of opposition players coming from riyadh will be coming here by the very end of the day, but not a full negotiating delegation >>> thank you for that. james bays will keep us right up-to-date...
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mr staffan de mistura says it's starting on friday. i have to say with various opposition groups not saying whether they will come that's in some doubt >>> thanks for that. chinese investors panicking again today, selling off their stocks and shares. it fell by more than 6%. that's another multi billion dollar loss for the chinese economy. the latest big sell off has been triggered by the continuing fall in the price of oil and global equity markets. the late eflt from beijing. >> reporter: it has been a particularly volatile time for china's stock markets. the shanghai has dropped 8% this year alone and we're still in the first month of 2016. there's several factors that are causing investors to sell off their shares in china's stock markets. one is the weak economic data coming out from china. last week officials announced that gdp had slowed to its lowest in 25 years and we're expecting growth to slow even further to about 6.5% this year. on tuesday the nation's top economic planners said rail freight activity, and that is the measu
mr staffan de mistura says it's starting on friday. i have to say with various opposition groups not saying whether they will come that's in some doubt >>> thanks for that. chinese investors panicking again today, selling off their stocks and shares. it fell by more than 6%. that's another multi billion dollar loss for the chinese economy. the latest big sell off has been triggered by the continuing fall in the price of oil and global equity markets. the late eflt from beijing....
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mr. staffan de mistura is going to be negotiating with them about humanitarian access, do you have any uneasy about that? >> a lot of uneasy about the fact that siege and denial of access is a tactic of war in syria. i have a lot of uneasy about that as do all of us and this is what we try everyday to try and make a dent on by trying to go to these places and reach the people and try to make even if a small difference as we have been able to do in resent weeks i'm sure you followed that quite closely. the securityouncil has been helpful to some extent, security council resolution 2165 allowed us to reach more people across border because since july 2014 the u.n. was not able to do so and that resolution helped us to reach millions of people across border. have we been able to reach all people in need, no. earlier we said we have no less than 4.5 million today. despite the resolutions that we are not able to reach because of the actions of the parties to this conflict. so with the resolution there needs to be political will to actually affect change on the ground. sadly i don't think that poli
mr. staffan de mistura is going to be negotiating with them about humanitarian access, do you have any uneasy about that? >> a lot of uneasy about the fact that siege and denial of access is a tactic of war in syria. i have a lot of uneasy about that as do all of us and this is what we try everyday to try and make a dent on by trying to go to these places and reach the people and try to make even if a small difference as we have been able to do in resent weeks i'm sure you followed that...
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staffan de mistura. news emerged that the main opposition group said it would travel to geneva. mr. dee mistura said he was optimistic. >> i have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. and ther therefore, to be in a position on probably sunday to actually start the discussions with them, in order to be able to proceed with the intra-syrian talks. >> one opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that her colleagues would be here in a matter of hours. >> we just want to let you know that yes, they are coming discussindiscussing about the to important fights, the humanitarian aid, and you'll hear all the details later. >> the decision has been a difficult one for the high negotiating excision. they say they have been given assurances thought just by the u.n. but by the u.s. and russia that there will be measures to alleviate the humanitarian situation and some of the concerns they've raised in the coming days. they say they'll speak to the special envoy and then take stock of the situation before actually joining any negotiations. jame
staffan de mistura. news emerged that the main opposition group said it would travel to geneva. mr. dee mistura said he was optimistic. >> i have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. and ther therefore, to be in a position on probably sunday to actually start the discussions with them, in order to be able to proceed with the intra-syrian talks. >> one opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that her colleagues would be here in a...
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in new york, ambassadors heard a briefing from mr. de mistura, from his office in paris. >> what we're going to hear from staffan is what progress has been made. >> the russian ambassador knows his own government has problems with the current plan. president vladimir putin was meeting the emir of qatar in moscow. the russian leader will have made it clear he believes the list for opposition delegation drawn up in saudi arabia should have more secular figures and rechtiorepresentation from kurdh groups. there is another program even those currently on the opposition list are not currently scheduled to attend geneva, they want assurances that the same thing that happened two years ago will not be repeated. if that happens again the u.s. and its allies have a plan b. it's thought this time around the form he would begin with days of what are known as proximity talks, in the u.n. headquarters in g7 the two sides will be kept in separate rooms with mr. de mistura shuttling between them. i'm told that mr. de mistura has said that anyone who takes part in the talks will not be part of the transitional government that t
in new york, ambassadors heard a briefing from mr. de mistura, from his office in paris. >> what we're going to hear from staffan is what progress has been made. >> the russian ambassador knows his own government has problems with the current plan. president vladimir putin was meeting the emir of qatar in moscow. the russian leader will have made it clear he believes the list for opposition delegation drawn up in saudi arabia should have more secular figures and...
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staffan de mistura. ftc it was during this meeting that news emerged that the main opposition group said it would now travel to geneva. mr. de mistura said he had to wait for official confirmation but said he was optimistic. >> i have good reason to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. and actually to start the discussions with them in order to proceed with the inter-syrian talks. >> reporter: one opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that her colleagues would be there in a matter of hours. >> we want to let you know that yes, they are coming, we are going to start discussing with the u.n. about our important concerns humanitarian and the political detainees. that is what is important for us so we're preparing the fight, the team is coming tomorrow, and you're going to hear all the details later. >> reporter: the decision to come to geneva has been a difficult one for the high negotiating commission. they say they've been given assurances not just by the u.n. but by the u.s. and russia that there will be measures soon to alleviate the humanitarian concerns some of the concerns the
staffan de mistura. ftc it was during this meeting that news emerged that the main opposition group said it would now travel to geneva. mr. de mistura said he had to wait for official confirmation but said he was optimistic. >> i have good reason to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. and actually to start the discussions with them in order to proceed with the inter-syrian talks. >> reporter: one opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that...