Damascus makes every effort to ensure new Syria talks in Moscow - ambassador

MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. Syria's ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad said on Thursday Damascus did not want to change the Moscow format of intra-Syrian consultations. "We are making every effort - political and diplomatic - to hold ‘Moscow-3’ talks," Haddad told TASS. "We do not want to skip over the Moscow forum and we do not want to go to Kazakhstan or somewhere else." "We have very high hopes for our Russian friends’ efforts and we are looking forward to convening ‘Moscow-3’," he said, noting however that no date had yet been set for the talks. Asked about possible representatives from Syria at the new round of negotiations, Haddad urged "not to make forecasts now". "Syria’s government delegation will have full power regardless of who will head it," he added. Read more