(MENAFN) The Syrian National Dialogue Congress will not be attended by the opposition Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC), the congress was set to be held in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi next week, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Yahya al-Aridi, the spokesman for the opposition delegation in Vienna, was speaking at the end of two days of UN-brokered talks between the Syrian regime and opposition.
"This whole round in Vienna was supposed to be a crucial one, a test for commitment.
And we didn't see this commitment. And the UN didn't see this commitment," said Aridi.
Due to the eight previous failed rounds of UN-backed talks in Geneva, Aridi said that "It's quite clear that somebody there is obstructing the whole process and wanting to sideline the importance of Geneva, the political process as a whole."
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, speaking to reporters early Saturday, admitted there had been a disheartening lack of progress up until now in finding a solution for the Syrian war.
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