Syrian Ceasefire Guarantors Close To Finalizing Constitutional Committee Deal - Cavusoglu

The Syrian ceasefire guarantor states, Russia, Turkey and Iran,are close to reaching an agreement that would establish the long-awaited Syrian constitutional committee, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday

ANKARA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th May, 2019) The Syrian ceasefire guarantor states, Russia, Turkey and Iran,are close to reaching an agreement that would establish the long-awaited Syrian constitutional committee, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.

"[We are] close to an agreement on formation of Constitutional [Committee]," Cavusoglu tweeted after talks with the Syrian Negotiation Commission head Nasr Hariri.

The guarantor countries met in late April for the 12th round of Astana format talks in Kazakhstan's capital of Nur-Sultan to discuss the committee's formation but failed achieve the desired result.

The initial 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 Syrian government and opposition, experts, members of civil society, independents, tribal leaders, and women.

Russia, Turkey and Iran have been facilitating the committee's establishment, while the United Nations has been helping to draft the list of the its future members.