DAMASCUS, July 30 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, and the visiting Russian’s special envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, discussed the upcoming meeting of the Syrian constitutional committee.
Assad and Lavrentiev agreed that the committee, which will hold its meeting next month, should carry out its work without any external pressures.
In June, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said, he intends to convene a new session of the Syrian constitutional committee at the end of Aug.
However, he cautioned that the realities facing the Syrian people cannot be solely addressed by discussing the constitution.
The Syrian parties will face great difficulties in resolving Syria’s problems without real diplomacy among the key international players with influence, he said.
The constitutional committee, which comprises representatives of the Syrian government, the opposition, and civil society, was officially launched in Geneva on Oct 30, 2019. The committee has yet to agree on an agenda.
