| In Syria, both the official media and the opposition have termed the proposed Transition plan for Syria as a non starter. Al-Baath, newspaper of the ruling party said that the agreement of the task force on Syria in Geneva on Saturday resembles an enlarged meeting of the UN Security Council where the positions of participants remained the same. Opposition Syrian National Council spokesperson Basma Qadmani told in Ankara that there were some positive elements in the deal but it was vague and evasive on major issues. The Local Co-ordination Committee, LCC, which organizes protests on the ground in Syria, said the outcome showed once again the failure to adopt a common position. It called the transition accord just one version, different in form only. The former Chairman of Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun termed it as a farce(तमाशा). World powers meeting in Geneva on Saturday agreed on a transition plan that could include current regime members. Western nations did not see any role for President Bashar Assad in a new unity government. Russia and China insisted that Syrians themselves must decide how the transition happens but they signed up the final agreement which did not make any explicit call for Assad to cede power. |
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