Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), rules out any forms of dialogue with the country’s authorities, but supports talks with international organizations on a power transition in Syria, Basma Kodmani, a member of the SNC Executive Board, said on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reports.
“We are discussing a political mechanism for the solution of the Syrian crisis that was proposed by the Arab League and this mechanism should be adopted by the UN Security Council,” she told a news conference in Moscow, adding that SNC is against “the talks with the ruling authorities,” but favors “talks for the implementation of this mechanism under the UN supervision.”
She said the Syrian opposition is united by only the idea of changing the ruling regime in the country and the visit of SNC to Moscow is aimed at convincing Russia to switch its support from President Bashar al-Assad to the Syrian opposition.
“We are definitely addressing Russia, which is one of the fundamental countries for Syria and plays a big role for us, with the hope that it will help us to turn the page of the old regime and transform to the new democratic order,” Kodmani said.
