{"id":1098,"date":"2013-05-27T08:48:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T05:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambamman.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2013\/05\/boninoadammanpersiria230513-2\/"},"modified":"2013-05-27T08:48:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T05:48:49","slug":"boninoadammanpersiria230513-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambamman.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2013\/05\/boninoadammanpersiria230513-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: in Amman for the Geneva Conference &#8211; Friends of Syria meeting: opposition must act responsibly, says Bonino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H1 style=\"MARGIN: auto 0mm\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><SPAN class=\"generictemplatetitlenoleftmenunew\"><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Picture of the Amman meeting\" src=\"\/resource\/2013\/05\/67665_f_amb61BoninoAdAmman23mag14.png\"><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/H1><P class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0mm 0mm 0pt\"><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><?xml:namespace prefix = \"v\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" \/><v:shapetype id=\"_x0000_t75\" stroked=\"f\" filled=\"f\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" o:preferrelative=\"t\" o:spt=\"75\" coordsize=\"21600,21600\"><v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"><\/v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"><\/v:f><\/v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype=\"rect\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:extrusionok=\"f\"><\/v:path><o:lock aspectratio=\"t\" v:ext=\"edit\"><\/o:lock><\/v:shapetype><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0mm 0mm 0pt\"><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">To find a political solution to the crisis, Italy fully supports the idea of organising a \u201cGeneva 2\u201d international conference that brings all of the interested parties to the same table. It will be vital, in this respect, to strengthen the Syrian opposition coalition at both the political and concrete levels. <BR>That was the position expressed by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in Amman, where she took part in the \u201cFriends of Syria\u201d meeting to prepare the new Geneva Conference.<BR><BR><\/FONT><\/SPAN><FONT color=\"#000000\"><STRONG><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\">Cohesion and responsibility<BR><BR><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/FONT><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">\u201cCohesion and responsibility are vital factors\u201d stressed by the countries belonging to the Friends group during the meeting, said Bonino. <BR>\u201cWe had an up-date on the latest meetings by the opposition and exchanged suggestions on how to help them\u201d.<BR><BR><\/FONT><\/SPAN><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">The meeting was attended by the United States, with Secretary of State John Kerry, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Arab Emirates, Qatar, the United Kingdom, France, German and Turkey. The results will be illustrated at a meeting of the Syrian Opposition Coalition scheduled to take place in Istanbul. <BR><BR><\/FONT><\/SPAN><FONT color=\"#000000\"><STRONG><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\">Previous meetings<BR><BR><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/FONT><SPAN lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">Iran was one of the issues discussed in Amman. <BR>\u201cThe discussion to date does not envisage Iran taking part in the new Geneva conference on Syria proposed by the US and Russia\u201d. <BR>The Amman meeting follows those in Istanbul on 12 April 2013, and in Rome at the end of February. <BR>The Rome meeting approved the approach of considerably boosting the help provided to the Syrian opposition groups. <BR>In Istanbul, a declaration firmly condemning all forms of terrorism was also adopted. <BR><BR><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To find a political solution to the crisis, Italy fully supports the idea of organising a \u201cGeneva 2\u201d international conference that brings all of the interested parties to the same table. 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