UN envoy for Syria urges opposition to unite before talks
The United Nations envoy for Syria urged Syrian opposition groups at the opening of a meeting hosted in the Saudi capital Wednesday to come up with a united delegation for the Geneva talks later this month.
Staffan de Mistura spoke at the opening of the three-day meeting for the Syrian opposition in Riyadh, where they are expected to come up with a unified delegation and vision ahead of the Geneva talks on Nov.28.
But the meeting has already been marred with disagreements. The notoriously fragmented opposition is divided by visions of a future role for the incumbent Syrian President Bashar Assad, the length of a transitional period as well as the constitution that will see the country move toward elections.
