Geneva talks: Syria guarantors, UN agree on constitutional body candidates
Tehran (KNA) - Following a round of talks in Geneva, Russia says the three guarantor states of the Syria peace process have reached a consensus with the United Nations on candidates for the country’s constitutional committee.
Russian President's Special Representative for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told reporters in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday that representatives of Iran, Russia and Turkey had met the UN envoy and "agreed in principal" on the two lists of candidates for Syria's constitutional body.
"We are moving on and we have made some progress. We have agreed in principal on the first two lists [of candidates for the Syrian constitutional committee] - one from the government and the other one from the opposition. Of course these two lists will require final approval by the representatives of the three guarantor states and Mr. Staffan de Mistura, after the final third list from the so-called civil society has been agreed on," he said.
Lavrentyev also noted that a technical commission will be set up to accelerate the process of approving candidates for the constitutional committee.
Source: PressTV