ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 20 (Interfax) - The Syrian authorities are not ready to discuss the notion of a transitional period in the resolution of the political crisis; they aim at the rapid formation of an expanded national government, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad has said.
"There is the notion of a transitional process. We are rejecting it. We speak about the political track, an expanded government of Syria," Haddad told reporters in St. Petersburg on Friday.