UN envoy urges Syria to rejoin talks to revise its constitution

Visiting United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen urged Damascus [on 17 March] to rejoin talks to revise the country's constitution, warning that political dialogue was going "in the wrong direction" [ . . . ] "The situation in Syria now is extremely difficult, and I think all indicators are pointing in the wrong direction when it comes to security, when it comes to the economy, and when it comes to the political process," Pedersen told reporters in Damascus. "We should continue to meet in Geneva and develop the constitutional committee and the work of the committee in the manner that could give hope to the Syrian people," Pedersen said after meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.
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