Sputnik.png Syrian Foreign Minister Muallem: Unapproved Ground Operation is Aggression Sputnik, Moscow, 6 February 2016 Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Saturday that any ground operation in Syria without Damascus' approval is an "act of aggression." On Thursday, the Saudi Arabian Defence Ministry said it was prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight Daesh. On Friday, the White House welcomed the Riyadh's announcement. Later, Bahraini ambassador to Britain Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Khalifa said in a statement that the kingdom would commit troops to operate "in concert with Saudis." He added that the United Arab Emirates, a member of the Saudi-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council, was also ready to commit troops. Walid Muallem.jpg Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem "Any ground intervention on Syrian land without the agreement of the Syrian government is an act of aggression. we regret that those [who invade] will return to their countries in coffins," Reuters quoted Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem as saying. The Syrian foreign minister also said during a press conference in Damascus that Riyadh-formed Syrian opposition delegation at the Geneva peace talks suspended the negotiations after Syrian army's advances. "The opposition delegation from Riyadh decided to quit the dialogue after hearing about the advances made by the Syrian army." Walkout A Saudi-backed opposition group walked out of the negotiations in Geneva on Wednesday, after which UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced the intra-Syrian talks were put on a three-week pause. The Syrian leadership has requested the United Nations to present a list of people who will represent the opposition at the Geneva talks. "We demanded the UN special envoy for Syria [Staffan de Mistura] to give us the list of people with whom we will negotiate, since we do not intend to speak to ghosts." Muallem also said that the ceasefire in Syria cannot be reached until the country's borders with Turkey and Jordan are taken under control. From: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160206/1034331751/ground-operation-syria-a ggression.html -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
