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Urgent: Syria peace talks yield progress as negotiations end: UN envoy

Xinhua, March 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

The UN Special Envoy for Syria said Friday that progress has been made in the latest round of Syria peace talks, with warring delegations set to reconvene in the Swiss city later this month.

According to Staffan de Mistura, who has mediated proximity talks between delegations since Feb. 23, no breakthrough has been achieved, but negotiations have yielded some tangible progress on the agenda to be adopted for future rounds of talks. Endit