France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday there was no perspective of a political solution for Syria other than U.N.-led peace talks in Vienna, which he said were the “last hope”.

“Today, there is no political perspective that presents itself, other than -- and it’s the last hope -- the meeting that will be held in Vienna tomorrow under the auspices of the United Nations, where the belligerents will be present and where we hope a peace agenda will be mapped out,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told French lawmakers. Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, has invited the Syrian government and opposition to a two-day meeting in the Austrian capital. It comes at a time when there is little sign of any political breakthrough and a few days before Russia, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, convenes a Syrian congress in Sochi.

De Mistura has presided over a series of Syrian talks in Geneva, with a mandate to discuss new elections, reformed governance, a new constitution and the fight against terrorism. The warring sides have never talked face-to-face, and it was only in the eighth round last December, that the opposition united in one delegation, raising hopes of direct talks for the first time....

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