In a last-ditch push towards peace in Syria, UN officials are hosting peace talks between the Damascus regime and the opposition. The Vienna talks are scheduled just days ahead of Russia’s rival peace summit. West skeptical on Russia’s peace effortsAs the two sides meet in Vienna, Russia is preparing to host a separate peace summit in the southern city of Sochi early next week. Syrian opposition representatives said they were not yet sure whether they would attend the Sochi conference. “The main place to achieve a political solution, a political transition is in the UN-led process… It is very dangerous to enter into any parallel initiative and ignore the main political process which is here in the UN-led process,” he added.

Source: Egypt Independent January 25, 2018 13:41 UTC