The talks started on January 29 with a meeting between UN’s Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura and the Syrian government delegation.
On January 30, a delegation from Syria`s largest mainstream opposition -- the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC) -- also arrived in Geneva, ending a boycott that had threatened to derail the talks.
The HNC has said it wants to discuss humanitarian issues including a stop to Russian and Syrian government bombing before engaging in the peace talks.
Meanwhile, officials from Syria`s largest Kurdish group -- the Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- left Geneva on January 30 after being excluded from the negotiations, a Kurdish official said.
The presence of Kurdish representatives has been a divisive issue.
Turkey considers the PYD a terrorist organization and the HNC claims they are too close to the Syrian government.
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