An afternoon session of Geneva II talks to end the war in Syria was canceled Tuesday.

An afternoon session of Geneva II talks to end the war in Syria was canceled Tuesday.

The opposition delegation cited differences over the goal of the talks.

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi “canceled the afternoon talks to give [Ibrahim] Jaafari time to think over Geneva 1,” opposition negotiator Ahmad Jakal told Reuters news agency, referring to the Syrian government’s chief negotiator.

The Syrian opposition delegation “resisted” moving discussions onto the question of a transitional government, Jakal said, even though the Syrian official delegation clearly stated that they will not discuss anything related to power transition in Syria.