GENEVA, February 3. /TASS/. If the peace talks in Geneva on Syria fail, the people of the country hit by the five-year civil war will have no more hope, UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has said in an interview with Swiss television RTS.

"If there is a failure this time after we made the attempt twice at conferences in Geneva, there will be no more hope for the Syrian people," de Mistura said. "We must do utmost to ensure that there is no failure," he added.

De Mistura has not ruled out that the negotiations in Geneva could be a failure. "It (failure) is possible, particularly after five years of a horrible war where the sides hate each other and where there is the lack of trust."