De Mistura announced at a press conference in Geneva that peace talks, originally slated to start on Monday, have been rescheduled for Friday and are expected to last for six months.
He said that he expected to send invitations to the talks on Tuesday and that the initial round of discussions will likely last two to three weeks.
"The discussions are still ongoing and I have been very much aware of what happened in Geneva 2, therefore we have been careful and extremely thorough in wanting to make sure that when and if we start, we start on the right foot," De Mistura said on Monday.
He said all parties would be involved in ceasefire efforts, other than the two groups designated as "terrorists" by the UN.
"The condition is it should be a real ceasefire and not just local," De Mistura said.
"Suspension of fighting regarding ISIL and al-Nusra is not on the table. However [there are] plenty of other suspensions of fighting that can take place."
Last week, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups should start by the end of January as planned, but the invitation list has remained a sticking point.
The talks in Geneva will come after a set of meetings in Vienna and New York between the international community and regional players. During those meetings Saudi Arabia was expected to come up with the opposition list to attend the Geneva talks...
Source: Al Jazeera
25/1/16
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