We have been in diplomatic contact with the rebel group since Bashar al-Assad fled.

London: Britain’s Foreign Secretary said on Sunday that we have established diplomatic relations with the Syrian rebel group Hayat-Tahrir-al-Shah. This is a banned terrorist group, but you cannot escape without establishing diplomatic relations with it, you understand.

Furthermore, Foreign Minister David Bemmy said that we want a representative government (we want a democratic government) and that chemical weapons be put aside. We also want that it should not be used and hope that the violence will end.

David Benni further said in his address to journalists on Sunday that, for all these reasons we have used all channels. Now we want to use the diplomatic channel also. Because without this there is no other solution.