Saudi Foreign Minister says Syria crisis solution requires consensus

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir attends a joint news conference with France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 16, 2017. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told representatives of the Syrian opposition meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday that the only solution to the crisis in Syria was through a consensus that would achieve the demands of the Syrian people.
“There is no solution to the crisis without a Syrian consensus that would achieve the demands of the Syrian people on the basis of Geneva 1 and (UN Security Council) resolution 2254,” Jubeir, said speaking in Arabic at the meeting which opened in Riyadh.