(22 Oct 2013) The US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that moderate opposition leaders seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power have not yet committed themselves to negotiations to create a new government.
At the close of diplomatic meetings on the issue in London, Kerry said he remained optimistic that the coalition would agree, potentially as soon as next week, to participate in talks tentatively set for late November in Geneva with members of Assad's government.
But he said the Western-backed Syrian opposition members have "to make up their own mind."
"None of us are going to prejudge or precondition what they will choose to do in that process," Kerry said after the meetings of the diplomats from 11 Western and Mideast nations who are trying to broker a Syrian settlement.
Kerry's comments came after his meeting with the coalition's president, Ahmad al-Jarba, who attended the discussions.
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