The UN hopes that the composition of the constitutional committee of Syria will be able to agree in the summer

“We have progress, but there is no exact date yet,” TASS quotes him.

At the same time, Pederson affirmatively answered the question of whether the formation of a committee could be completed during the summer.

“I think it will be possible. In this regard, I am optimistic, ”he said.

Earlier, the special representative of the Russian president for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said that during the meeting in Nur-Sultan, participants in the negotiations on the SAR in Astana format reviewed the situation in the country and discussed the formation of a constitutional committee.

In early April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee is in its final stages.