Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Friday that if no serious work sessions were held by Saturday, the government delegation would leave.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Friday that if no serious work sessions were held by Saturday, the government delegation would leave, news agencies reported.

“If no serious work sessions are held by [Saturday], the official Syrian delegation will leave Geneva due to the other side's lack of seriousness or preparedness,” state television quoted Muallem as telling UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi.

Brahimi and a Syrian government delegation met on Friday at the United Nations in Geneva, a witness said, and the mediator is due to meet the Syrian opposition delegation later on Friday. State television said the meeting was characterized by a "positive atmosphere."