Tasnim UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen praised Iran for supporting the Constitutional Committee of Syria, a UN-facilitated constituent assembly process that seeks to reconcile the Syrian government and opposition. Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, discussed Syria with Pedersen ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to his tour to Geneva, saying the path to rule of law in Syria is difficult but is the only solution. "Returned from Geneva where I met with Russian & Turkish FMs, & UN's #GeirOPederson, on eve of the inauguration of Syria Constitutional Committee," Zarif tweeted ...

The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Russia will underscore its role in the political future of Syria as the 150-strong Syrian constitutional committee meets for the first time under UN auspices to chart a political settlement to end the eight-and-a-half-year civil war. The meeting a key proposal from Moscow in Geneva is being overseen by the UN special ...

Reuters - U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Monday that he would meet foreign ministers from Turkey, Iran and Russia in Geneva on Tuesday, a day ahead of the first meeting of Syrias Constitutional Committee. Turkeys Mevlut Cavusoglu, Irans Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russias Sergei Lavrov are due to meet in the Swiss city before the ...

MNA The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey have agreed to help convene the first session of the Constitutional Committee on Syria in Geneva, a joint statement released on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry says. The statement stressed that Iran, Russia and Turkey reaffirmed their commitment to the sovereignty, independence,...