U.N. still finalising Syria peace talks participation


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Feb 2017

U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a news conference following Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is still in the process of finalising who will come to Syria peace talks in Geneva that start on Feb. 23, his spokeswoman Yara Sharif told a regular U.N. briefing on Friday.

She said there had already been positive responses to the invitations that had been sent, and some participants were expected to arrive early next week.

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