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Russian FM to meet with UN Special Envoy for Syria Pedersen in Moscow

24 January 2020 09:06 (UTC +04:00)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen to discuss various aspects of the Syrian peace process in Moscow on Friday, APA reports citing Sputnik.

This will not be the first time the two officials met to discuss the situation in Syria as they did so on December 6, during the Mediterranean: Roman Dialogue in Rome.

According to the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, among the discussion items will be the situation on the ground, distribution of humanitarian aid, facilitation of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as the issue of setting up the stable work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.

Note that on Wednesday, Pedersen said that he had a lot of ideas regarding the last issue, which he was going to discuss in Moscow and, later, in the Syrian capital of Damascus.