Syrian govt. ready to resume peace talks: Official

A Syrian government official say Damascus is prepared to restart United Nations-brokered negotiations aimed at resolving the crisis in the Middle Eastern country.

“Syria… is ready to continue the Syrian-Syrian dialogue without any preconditions… and without foreign interference, with the support of the United Nations,” SANA news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry official as saying on Sunday.

The official further said that the Syrian government was intent on finding a political solution to the conflict gripping the Arab state.

Earlier this week, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura expressed hope that a new round of intra-Syrian peace talks will be held in Geneva in August.

The latest round of the indirect UN-mediated negotiations between Syria’s warring sides began in Geneva on April 13.

However, the talks were brought to a halt after the main foreign-backed opposition group walked out of the discussions and declared a "new war" on the government. 

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