Damascus wants to end the violence ravaging Syria for nearly five years, a top official said Sunday, but lamented that the main opposition was "not serious" about UN-brokered peace talks, AFP reports.
The Syrian government "wants to put an end to the bloodshed," Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, told reporters in Geneva, adding though that the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) which has said for now it will not negotiate, "are not serious".