Foreign ministers meet to begin work on Syrian constitution
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(18 Dec 2018) The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey on Tuesday met in Geneva for talks with outgoing United Nations Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Their meeting comes amid efforts to set up a constitutional committee that would negotiate a new Syrian constitution, seen as a way of bringing the Middle Eastern nation out of its protracted 7-year civil war. Following the talks Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov read out a statement during which he outlined the position of the three countries. "The work of the constitutional committee should be governed by a sense of compromise and constructive engagement aimed at reaching general agreement of its members which would enable the outcome to receive the widest possible support by the Syrian people," Lavrov said. He said all three countries were determined to facilitate the beginning of the committee's work, aiming to hold its first session in Geneva early in the new year. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bc119445159d1b0d99064616fa980b2d
