The exiled opposition Syrian Front for Salvation held its second meeting in Brussels Thursday to discuss plans for mobilizing popular opposition at home.
The two-day meeting will be chaired by the breakaway former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam and the leader of Syria’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood Organization, Ali Sadreddine al-Bayanouni.
The coalition’s coordinator of foreign relations, Salah Ayyash, told United Press International that the first round of talks focused on including new members whose political directives are in harmony with the Front’s political platform.
He said discussions reviewed means for organizing alliances and coordination between opposition forces abroad and at home.
“The Front’s Secretariat General approved unanimously the membership of five senior figures who represent the majority of Kurdish groups in Syria, and debated strategies and mechanisms for mobilizing the masses at home to press for change of the existing political system,” Ayyash said.
“The Secretariat General will consider at the next rounds the means for turning the Syrian opposition from a silent to an outspoken and effective opposition,” he added.
Ayyash stressed that the Front “will not accept any change by means of military coups d’etat and opposes foreign interference to impose the change, which should be introduced from within and with reliance on the internal forces of the Syrian people.”
He said he hopes the front will hammer out an information strategy to create a suitable atmosphere for change within Syrian society and act at the Arab and international levels to explain its views and objectives as well as the features of the aspired future state in Syria.
“The Salvation Front wants to establish a secular and civilian state based on the principles of justice, equality between all citizens and freedom for the public in choosing their representatives on a democratic and honest basis,” Ayyash added.
