GENEVA, Nov. 28 -- The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura, met and held bilateral talks with the Syrian opposition delegation Tuesday afternoon, kicking off the new round of the intra-Syrian talks under the aegis of the UN.
The Syrian government delegation failed to arrive at Geneva on the opening day of the new talks. The UN said that the government representatives will arrive and attend the talks on Wednesday.
Although the details of the first talks between the UN envoy and the Syrian opposition delegation, known as the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC), remained unknown yet, the UN had said earlier that the focus for this new round of talks would be on the issue of "elections and constitution".
After meeting with the De Mistura, SNC issued a statement calling for "direct negotiations" with the representatives of the Assad regime to the UN-led talks in Geneva.
According to De Mistura, it is still not sure that whether or not the just-started new round of the Syrian peace talks will take place in the form of a direct dialogue between both sides.
"We are always aiming for a direct dialogue. The opposition now is unified and said they are ready to have a direct discussion with the government, but I need to ask the government's position tomorrow if they are ready to do the same," the UN envoy told Xinhua after meeting with the China 's Special Envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan.
He added that if the time is still not right for a direct negotiation, the new round of the Intra-Syrian talks will still take place in an indirect way, or the so called "proximate talks".
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