Pedersen discusses Syria in Russia
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held talks with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to discuss issues related to Syria, mainly the Constitutional Committee and UN aid for Syrians.
Prior to the meeting, Lavrov said that Moscow was looking forward to a new meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, while Pedersen expressed his hope that cooperation with Moscow would contribute to meeting humanitarian needs in Syria, according to what Russia Today reported.
The talks between both sides came two weeks after the meeting in the capital city of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan.
It is expected to discuss prospects for resuming the work of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva, and the issue of humanitarian aid to Syria.
In January, Pedersen said after the last round of the constitutional committee that the parties to the talks had failed to achieve the committee’s goals.
In July, Russia agreed to extend the entry of UN aid from the Bab al-Hawa crossing in northwestern Syria for a year, while it rejected proposals within the Security Council to reopen the Tel Kocher (Yaroubiyah) crossing in the northeast of the country.