Latest round of Syrian constitutional talks fail to make headway


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  • Saturday, 23 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen gestures while speaking during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia July 22, 2021. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via REUTERS

GENEVA (Reuters) -The latest week of talks between representatives of Syria's government, opposition and civil society aimed at drafting a new constitution failed to make any headway, the U.N. Special Envoy and main participants said on Friday.

Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen called the sixth round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee a "big disappointment" and said it did not find a common path to draft a constitution or agree on a date for the next round.

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