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Urgent: Meeting with Syrian gov't delegation "useful, constructive and professional": UN envoy

Xinhua,November 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

GENEVA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday described his first meeting with the Syrian government delegation as "very useful, constructive and professional".

Following a meeting with Head of the Syria government delegation Ambassador Bashaar Ja'afari in a hotel in Geneva, de Mistura said, "I just had a long, but very useful in my opinion, meeting with the delegation of the government of Syria."

Being asked about the atmosphere in the meeting, the UN Envoy said that the atmosphere in the meeting was "constructive and professional". Enditem