“This (creation of a constitutional committee. - RT ) is an instrument that is acceptable to the international community and to many Arab countries, including those that opposed the Syrian government, such as Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The creation of a constitutional committee is a positive matter, but as far as it can really lead to a Syrian settlement, a number of questions remain here, ”the orientalist said.

He noted that the problem of the Syrian Kurds could complicate the settlement of the situation in Syria, since the Kurds were excluded from the political process in the republic.

“The Syrians themselves never considered the Kurds to be terrorists, and in general there was not a single serious clash between the Syrian troops and the Kurdish armed groups for the entire period of the conflict ... But the Kurds were not included in the constitutional committee in any way, this is another problem,” adds Truevtsev .

In addition, according to the expert, there is a problem of Islamist organizations that are present on the committee, but have serious friction with the Syrian government.

“(Also exist. — RT ) secular political forces, which, perhaps, put forward some reasonable demands at the first stage, but they lost all influence within Syrian society after they gave the initiative to virtually radical Islamists in the political process” - concludes the orientalist.

Guterres previously spoke of an agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian negotiating committee to create a “balanced, credible and inclusive constitutional committee.”