Russia, Iran, Turkey To Keep Discussing Syrian Constitutional Committee With UN- Statement

Guarantor states on Syria agreed on Friday to continue consultations on Syrian constitutional committee with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen in Geneva, the joint statement from the 12th Astana-format talks, obtained by Sputnik, said

NUR-SULTAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th April, 2019) Guarantor states on Syria agreed on Friday to continue consultations on Syrian constitutional committee with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen in Geneva, the joint statement from the 12th Astana-format talks, obtained by Sputnik, said.

Russia, Iran and Turkey "held detailed consultations on the trilateral basis as well as with the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen in order to speed up work aimed at launching the Constitutional Committee as soon as possible, in accordance with the decisions of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi, decided to hold next round of such consultations in Geneva," the statement said.

The agreement to form a constitutional committee was reached during the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in the Russian city of Sochi back in January 2018. The panel is expected to be made up of representatives of the government and opposition, Syrian experts, members of civil society, independents, tribal leaders, and women. Russia, Turkey and Iran, as guarantors of ceasefire in the Arab republic, have been facilitating the committee's establishment, while the United Nations has been helping to draft the list of the committee's future members.