1. To participate in Geneva 2 with a stronger hand.

2. To prevent Assad from coming to the negotiations with an advantage.

3. To declare the committee of Damascus as unnegotiable.

4. To withdraw the invitation of the UN to Iran.

5. To put Russia in a tight spot as the host of the negotiations.

6. To lead the participant countries into a settlement without Assad.

7. To bring forward certain issues again, such as the humanitarian corridor and the closure of the air zone with the purpose of preventing the so-called torture.

8. To encourage foreign intervention in Syria.

9. To guarantee civil war instead of cease-fire.