GENEVA
The ongoing Geneva II peace talks have not achieved a breakthrough so far, UN mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday.
"We have not achieved any breakthrough, but we are still at it," Brahimi said. "Nobody is walking out, nobody is running away. This is good enough as far as I'm concerned."
Asked why the afternoon session of the Tuesday talks was cancelled, Brahimi responded: "It's my own decision taken without any pressure from any of the two parties."
He added that both delegations would continue negotiations until Friday.
With regards to the stance of the U.S. and Russia on the conference, Brahimi said: "Both countries worked with us in the context of trilateral talks between U.N., U.S. and Russia. I believe they are serious and they want this track to be successful. There is no doubt to that."
Responding to a question whether the presence of Iran could help, Brahimi said: "I believe we will try to speak and cooperate with Iran in the future, so that Iran can play its role."
Brahimi also announced that an aid convoy to the besieged Syrian city of Homs was on standby awaiting authorization from the Syrian government.
"Areas under siege must get food and medication, that's humanitarian law," he added.
Brahimi is the chief mediator between the Syria regime and the Syria National Coalition (SNC) opposition, who are trying to negotiate a political solution to the longstanding conflict in Syria.
More than 100,000 people have been killed and around 9 million people have been displaced, after three years of Syria's civil war, according to the latest figures from UNHCR.
Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq are hosting over two million people fleeing the fighting.
The international peace conference between the Syria regime and the Syria National Coalition is presently being held in Geneva, Switzerland, to try and find a political solution to end the conflict.
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