GENEVA, Jan 31 (AFP): Damascus will make "no concessions" in peace talks with the opposition, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said as a week of negotiations were wrapping up in Geneva.
"Neither in this round, nor in the next will they (the opposition and their allies) obtain any concessions from the Syrian delegation," Zohbi told a group of pro-regime demonstrators outside the UN's European headquarters in the Swiss city.
Several hundred demonstrators cheered, waving Syrian flags in all sizes and giant pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, shouting "Bashar forever!"
"They will not obtain any concessions, Israel has not been able to obtain any concession (from the Syrian regime) in half a century, terrorism has not been able to obtain any concession over the past three years, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the plotters in Lebanon have not managed to obtain any concession through force," he shouted.
"They will not get through politics what they couldn't get through force," he insisted, to thundering applause.
Meanwhile:Syria's regime was forced to the negotiating table thanks to the actions of the country's rebels, who represent the true voice of the Syrian people, opposition spokesman Louay Safi said Friday.
"The fact that the regime has been forced come to Geneva -- this is the result of the fighting of the Syrian people," Safi told reporters after a week-long first round of peace talks wrapped up here.
Syria will not make \\\'any concessions\\\' in Geneva talks
FE Team | Published: February 01, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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