Vershinin, Pedersen discuss prospects of advancing political process to resolve crisis in Syria

Moscow, SANA- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held an in-depth discussion on the tasks of advancing the political process, to resolve the crisis in Syria.

“The two sides held in-depth discussions on the tasks of advancing the political process, led and implemented by the Syrians with the UN assistance, as stipulated by UN Security Council Resolution 2254,” TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement.

“They focused attention on the issues of resuming the meetings of the Committee of Discussing the Constitution in Geneva and continuing direct intra-Syrian dialogue without any foreign interference,” the statement added.

On January 29^th this year, the Committee of Discussing the Constitution concluded the meetings of the fifth round at the UN Headquarters in Geneva.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri