UN special envoy expects Syria talks to resume on April 13
Dushanbe, 8.04.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. The UN special envoy for Syria said on Thursday that intra-Syrian talks expected to resume on April 13 in Geneva in a bid to seek a political solution to the Syria crisis, Xinhua news agency reports quoting a UN spokesman.
Envoy Staffan de Mistura “wanted to ensure that the talks will start a political process leading to a real political transition”, — the deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq said.
The newly announced date for the resumption of the Syria talks is four days behind the original schedule. The second round of Syrian peace talks was originally slated for April 9.
Recall that the first round of intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva wrapped up on March 24 with a paper of 12 points of commonalities being delivered to both sides for further consideration by de Mistura.