– We support such dialogues among Syrians to build their expertise and knowledge of local peacebuilding, writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to news. According to what news learns, the talks started last Saturday, and should be finished today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not want to give details of the meetings, but in an email to news they write the following: – These days, together with Kings College London, we have invited a group of civil society actors and academics from Syria for meetings in Oslo. According to several sources that news has spoken to, the talks at Losby are, among other things, about how Syrians should live together after the civil war. At the meetings, guests from neighboring Lebanon were also invited to exchange experiences from their civil war, which lasted 15 years. A protracted conflict The conflict in Syria has not yet been resolved. There are several countries involved in the war, including Iran, Russia, the USA, Turkey and Israel. In addition to several militia groups from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Pakistan and the pro-Russian Wagner group. Since 2011, close to 500,000 people have been killed and 12 million farmers have been displaced. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi / AP Talks for several years UN special envoy Geir O. Pedersen has for several years tried to help Syrians find a political solution to the conflict without success. This is not the first time the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited such meetings in Oslo. Sources tell news that there has been similar dialogue between the various groups in Syria in the past, but due to the corona pandemic, the talks were postponed. The Losby meetings are the second this year. – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regularly hosts civil society dialogues with participants from conflict areas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes to news.
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