Ayman Al-Asimi: We will propose in Sochi to install a permanent ceasefire in Idlib

The fifteenth round of negotiations will start in the Russian Sochi tomorrow, Tuesday, with the aim of discussing developments in the political and humanitarian situation in Syria, and the Syrian opposition holds hopes for the upcoming negotiations, to reach an agreement on some pending issues, most notably the ceasefire in Idlib and the path of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.

The spokesman for the Syrian military opposition delegation to Astana, Ayman Al-Asimi, said in an exclusive interview with Fresh Online, “The agenda of the Sochi meetings will include discussion of the path of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the issue of Idlib and the violations that occurred in the governorate, the issue of humanitarian aid and the issue of detainees.”

Ayman Al-Asimi added: “The two main files that will be discussed are the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the situation in Idlib, as there is an attempt to transform the de-escalation zone in Idlib Governorate into a permanent ceasefire, to directly stop the fighting and bombing.”

And he added: “The reasons for disrupting the work of the Constitutional Committee and who is obstructing will be discussed, and through the statements of the international envoy for Syria de Mistura that whoever obstructed the work of the Constitutional Committee is the Assad regime, and we will ask Moscow about its role in this issue, noting that the issue of the Constitutional Committee was Russia behind the activation
This part of the process, and Russia did not do anything regarding the Constitutional Committee and did not pressure the Assad regime to make the constitutional committee succeed, but there are signs of progress where new ideas will be presented on the issue of the constitutional committee, and the final version will be approved during the discussions in Sochi.

It is noteworthy that the Astana track on Syria began in January 2017, under the supervision of the guarantor countries Russia, Turkey and Iran, as the Astana discussions resulted in de-escalation and cease-fire zones in Syria, and contributed to the establishment of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.