“Hague will host the foreign ministers of the “London 11’’, the core group of the Friends of Syria, in London on May 15.
“The foreign ministers will discuss how best to significantly step up support to the Syrian opposition.
“By making urgent progress on improving the deteriorating humanitarian crisis and reinvigorate a political process.
“Now is the right time for those countries who support a democratic future for Syria, free from Assad, to come together to do discuss how we press forward with this aim,’’ the FCO said.
According to the Syrian parliament, registration for Syria’s contentious June 3 presidential vote was wrapped up on Thursday with 24 contenders, including incumbent President Bashar al-Assad.
Opposition groups inside and outside Syria have criticised the decision to hold the presidential elections amid the current civil war in the country, saying that millions of Syrians are displaced in neighboring countries. (Xinhua/NAN)
