Syria Liberation fighters drinking tea together during a break in the Salaheddine, Aleppo, Saturday (29/12). (REUTERS/Muzaffar Khan)
London (Reuters)-A senior United States officials, Sunday urged Syria to withdraw Islamic opposition out of the international gathering in Rome on Thursday which will be attended by new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
National Coalition Chief Ahmed al-Khatib Moaz said on Saturday that it withdrew from the meeting of the 11 countries Syria to protest the inaction of the international community which was "shameful" in the face of civilian killings in his country.
U.s. officials said: "we have stressed ... that they have a chance in Rome, to meet with those countries that have given the greatest support to them and present to us all how they look at the security situation in the field, the humanitarian situation, politically and economically.
"The meeting was also an opportunity for them to meet with the Foreign Minister of the new us and speak directly to him," he said when speaking on the plane carrying Kerry to London to start his first official visit, a visit to Europe and the Middle East.
Former u.s. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford will be in Cairo on Sunday night to meet with the opposition of Syria in order to try to convince them to withdraw their decision to boycott the meeting in Rome.
However, the officials acknowledged that the opposition of Syria was under "heavy pressure" from its own members and those of Syria, who is skeptical about the value of attending the International Conference.
Khatib said on Saturday that the withdrawal from the Rome meeting and the cancellation of a planned visit to Washington and Moscow is the lack of protest over the global outcry over the "crimes committed against the people of Syria".
The conflict, which the UN said Syria has killed more than 70,000 people in the two years since a crackdown President Bashar al-Assad to anti-regime protesters, shows no sign of subsiding. (AK)
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