The Syrian National Coalition's president Ahmad Jarba said in a letter to the UN Security Council that the Coalition would attend the Geneva 2 peace conference if it aims to set up a transitional government with full powers.

Jarba said the coalition "reaffirms its willingness to engage in a future Geneva Conference" but "all parties must agree that the purpose of the conference will be the establishment of a transitional government with full executive powers".

The letter, obtained by Reuters and dated September 19, represented the first clear commitment from the coalition, which has been viewed by several Western and Arab states as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, to attend the proposed conference sponsored by the United States and Russia.

On July 26, the Syrian National Coalition had said it would refuse to partake in the ‘Geneva II’ peace conference as long as Assad did not vow beforehand to stay out of the envisioned transitional government.

The exact date of the conference remains undetermined yet, with the preparation process having been accelerated since the United States and Russia reached agreement on 14 September on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.

While Russia wants the representation of Kurds at the conference, western side and the opposition it backs is yet to voice their  opinion on the matter.