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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Riyadh conference, 'blackmail of Geneva process': Syrian envoy to UN
2017-12-15
[PRESSTV] Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
has accused Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and Western states of sabotaging the latest round of peace talks held in Geneva in a bid to end the crisis in the Arab country.

Bashar Jaafari made the remarks on Thursday after the eighth round of the UN-mediated discussions ended without face-to-face talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition.

Jaafari said a statement issued at the Riyadh II conference of the Syrian opposition in November, demanding Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
's departure before any peace deal in Syria, was a "blackmail of the Geneva process."

The statement was meant to undermine the Geneva process by setting preconditions, he said, adding "those who drew up the Riyadh communiqué are the ones who sabotaged this round" of the Geneva talks.

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