(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The fifth round of talks at the United Nations in Geneva to draft a new Syrian constitution and pave the way to peace in the war-torn country have ended without progress.
This content was published on January 30, 2021 - 13:06 January 30, 2021 - 13:06 AP/jdp
UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen expressed frustration over the lack of progress achieved at the latest round of talks of the so-called Constitutional Committee for Syria.
'This week has been a disappointment,' Pedersen told reporters on Friday. 'I set out a few things I thought we should be able to achieve before we started this meeting and I'm afraid we did not manage to achieve these things.'
Pedersen explained that Syrian government representatives had rejected separate proposals on working methods from both the opposition and the UN envoy.
The United States and a few other countries have accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of deliberately stalling and delaying the drafting of a new constitution until after presidential elections are held this year.
The UN envoy said that a mechanism was needed to allow the parties to identify points of agreement and disagreement in order to revise the Constitution.
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