Syrian opposition meets in Madrid:

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The main Syrian opposition groups have met in Madrid in an attempt to find a credible and internationally acceptable solution to the civil war.

Some 86 members of opposition groups  participated in the two-day Meeting for National Syrian Consultation, which was sponsored by the Spain’s Foreign Ministry. The groups attending the meeting included the Free Syrian Army, which coordinates rebel actions in the country, and radical Islamist militias, led by the Al-Nusra Front.

However, Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo said that the factions attending the meeting represent the more moderate sector of the opposition. The supply of arms to the rebels is currently blocked and military intervention vetoed by China and Russia.

One of the objects of the Madrid meeting is to give Brussels new guarantees ahead of a May 31st debate on lifting the arms embargo. Spain has supplied €4.7 million in humanitarian aid since the rebellion of March 2011 and the subsequent civil war. The government has maintained communication with the opposition in exile and groups within Syria that propose a political transition without Al-Assad but with some members of the existing apparatus.

At press time, no formal statement had been issued.

Sources:http://www.thenewsonline.es

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