The two sides in Syria's bloody civil war have met for the first time at peace talks in Geneva.
The negotiations in have been dogged by delays with both factions blaming each other for a lack of progress.
Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has told Sky News he will propose the best way for the country to move forward is to hold fresh elections.
Both sides, sat at a U-shaped table, communicated through the international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, rather than speaking directly to each other.
The talks are being overseen by the special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi The talks are seen by many diplomats as the best hope for an eventual end to Syria's three-year conflict, which has left at least 130,000 people dead.
Sky's Sam Kiley said: "It's going to be a long, slow process."
Further talks are planned with humanitarian and 'transition' issues to be discussed.
Opposition spokesman Monzer Akbik said the regime had had to listen to them and the 'voice' of the Syrian people.
"The Syrian people want transition from dictatorship to democracy," he said.
He also revealed there had been no handshake.
Both sides shelved the major stumbling block regarding the future of President Bashar al Assad, to allow the talks to proceed.
They had looked to be in doubt on Friday after the Syrian government delegation threatened to leave the convention if "serious" discussions did not start within 24 hours.
The ultimatum followed the refusal by the country's opposition to hold face-to-face talks with the Assad regime, after it refused to concede to the formation of a transitional government.
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