Daily News Egypt, 24 Jan 2016 – Egypt urged the UN and the international community to guarantee a fair representation of the Syrian opposition at the Geneva talks on the Syrian civil war, scheduled to be held next week.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zaid emphasized the importance of holding the Geneva talks on time, as stipulated in the UN resolution number 2254.

He further urged UN to make every effort to ensure the representation of all Syrian opposition groups and national factions that have influence, “to guarantee the application of any results”.

He also urged the UN to start seeking a formula for better representation of the opposition as fast as possible, since “the crisis in Syria cannot wait [any longer]”.