Syria’s former opposition says it has not been invited to government’s planned talks
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Mr Hadi Al-Bahra is president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces.
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CAIRO - The head of the internationally recognised Syrian opposition body during the previous administration’s rule on Dec 30 said that the group has not received an invitation to the national dialogue announced by the current government.
No communication has been made with the new administration, Mr Hadi al-Bahra said in an interview with Saudi state-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya TV.
Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said a day earlier that the national dialogue conference would include wide participation by Syrian society
The current administration has not announced a date for the announced dialogue yet.
Mr Sharaa leads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group which ousted former President Bashar al-Assad on Dec 8. The group’s lightning campaign ended a 13-year civil war but has left a host of questions about the future of a multi-ethnic country where foreign states including Turkey and Russia have strong and potentially competing interests.
The internationally recognised Syrian national coalition, which used to operate from Turkey under Assad’s rule, was established in 2012 to overthrow the former administration.
Mr Bahra told Al-Arabiya TV that he was back in Damascus and planning to work from there. REUTERS
