Names of Syrian Constitutional Committee Agreed Upon

Date: 16 September 2019 - 21:26

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DAMASCUS (Xinhua) – The names of the Syrian constitutional committee members are agreed upon during a meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an envoy of the Russian president, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported Monday.
The newspaper said the names of the committee's members have been agreed upon, but the mechanism of the committee's work is still under discussion.
Al-Watan said the development came during a meeting between Assad and Russian President's Special Envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev in the capital Damascus on Sunday.
Citing sources, al-Watan said the Syrian side insisted on the names that represent the Syrian government, stressing that the mechanism of the committee's work should respect the Syrian sovereignty.
A day earlier, Assad discussed with Lavrentiev the tripartite summit that will take place Monday in Ankara. Lavrentiev informed Assad about the work schedule of the tripartite summit that will take place among Turkey, Russia, and Iran.
Al-Watan said that the tripartite summit will discuss the situation in Syria's Idlib province, the last major terrorist stronghold in Syria, as well as the formation of the constitutional committee among other issues, such as the situation in the Kurdish-controlled areas in eastern Syria.
The decision to set up a constitutional committee was agreed on at the Syrian National Dialogue Congress held in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Jan. 30, 2018.
The launch of a Syrian constitutional committee, which will include the government loyalists and opposition figures, has become the centerpiece of UN efforts in the country, intending to hold elections to end the eight-year devastating war.