UN Envoy For Syria Says Resuming Full Schedule, Engaging With All Parties

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Monday that he has returned to a full schedule following a short break due to health conditions and is in contact with all the parties in the Syrian conflict

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th August, 2019) United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Monday that he has returned to a full schedule following a short break due to health conditions and is in contact with all the parties in the Syrian conflict.

"Thank you all for the well wishes and I am grateful for the continued support as I resume a full schedule," Pedersen said via Twitter. "I am engaging [with] all concerned parties."

Pedersen had to limit his work and avoid traveling after an sustaining an eye injury in July.

As a result of the injury, Pedersen was forced to miss the Astana-format peace talks in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan in August. The UN Security Council had to reschedule its monthly meeting on the political settlement in Syria a month earlier.

The settlement process for the Syrian conflict has been pursued since 2011 in a number of formats such as in Geneva and Nur-Sultan, which convene regularly, as well as via the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.