Syrian opposition rejects U.N. transition plan

July 01, 2012 04:12 pm | Updated July 12, 2016 07:01 am IST - BEIRUT

In this June 30, 2012 photo, U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Kofi Annan speaks after a meeting of the Action Group on Syria, at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva. Syrian opposition groups on Sunday rejected a U.N. plan for a political transition in Syria.

In this June 30, 2012 photo, U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Kofi Annan speaks after a meeting of the Action Group on Syria, at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva. Syrian opposition groups on Sunday rejected a U.N. plan for a political transition in Syria.

Syrian opposition groups have rejected a U.N.-brokered peace plan for a political transition in Syria as ambiguous and a waste of time.

A conference in Geneva on Saturday accepted international envoy Kofi Annan’s plan that calls for the creation of a transitional government, but at Russia’s insistence the compromise agreement left the door open to Syria’s President being part of it.

Veteran Syrian opposition figure Haitham Maleh says the agreement was “a waste of time” and pledged on Sunday not to sit with President Bashar Assad or members of his “murderous” regime.

A spokesperson for the Syrian National Council opposition umbrella group, Bassam Kodmani, says the agreement is “ambiguous” and lacks a mechanism or timetable for implementation.

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