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UN invites Syrian opponents to constitution talks on May 28
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NEW YORK, 28 April 2022, (TON): The UN special envoy for Syria announced “he has sent invitations to the Syrian government and the opposition for an eighth round of talks starting in late May, aimed at revising the constitution of the conflict-torn country.”
Geir Pedersen told “UN Security Council that agreement on a revised constitution could contribute to a political solution of the 11-year conflict.”
He said “the seventh session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee ended on March 25, with delegations offering at least some revisions to some of the texts presented.”
Pedersen said deputy special envoy Khawla Matar visited Damascus and Istanbul afterward for further discussions with the committee’s co-chairs and he had issued invitations for the eighth session from May 28 to June 3 in Geneva.
He stressed that the drafting process will only move forward if the committee’s work is “governed by a sense of compromise and constructive engagement aimed at reaching general agreement of its members.”
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