BEIRUT (AP) – The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the peace talks underway in Geneva (all times local):
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The head of Syria’s government delegation at peace talks in Geneva says the talks are positive but so far no progress has been made in this round of talks.
Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, says a week and a half has been “wasted” waiting for a response from the other side to a document containing “fundamental principles” for negotiations that his team submitted to the U.N.’s Syria envoy last week.
The document focuses on the importance of fighting terrorism in Syria before anything else. “We did not get any response from the other side,” Ja’afari told reporters in Geneva Monday after meeting with the U.N. envoy, Staffan de Mistura.