Syrian opposition possibly ready for dialogue – Russian official

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Syrian opposition has realized the need to find a way out of the dead end of military confrontation, raising hopes that the crisis in Syria can be resolved peacefully, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said in an interview with the Associated Press published on the ministry’s website.

Several days ago the National Co-ordination Committee (NCC) of Syria, an influential opposition group, proposed a four-point peace plan, he said.

“In fact their plan echoes the Geneva agreements regarding the immediate cessation of violence, release of political prisoners and the beginning of a political dialogue. All of these are fully consistent with the Geneva agreements,” Gatilov said.

“The opposition is beginning to realize the need to find a way out of the impasse of military confrontation. We fully support this opposition initiative. If sentiment in favor of a political settlement grows, and we are already feeling this in the statements of the opposition, with some degree of probability we can expect that we will be able to resolve this problem by peaceful means,” Gatilov added, RIA Novosti reported.