(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The Syrians themselves should decide who they want to see as the president of their country, UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Wednesday.
Following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the envoy told reporters that Syria could have a new government and a new constitution in the coming future, if the provisions of Geneva communiqué and Vienna communiqué were implemented.
Lavrov and de Mistura met on Friday in Vienna alongside the top diplomats from 17 other key international players on the Syrian conflict, including the US, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, in the broadest push yet to end the four-year conflict.
The participants - who did not include any representatives of the Syrian government or its opponents - agreed to ask the UN to broker a peace deal between the regime and opposition to clear the way for a new constitution and UN-supervised elections.
De Mistura has since been to Damascus to brief the government on the talks and called for a new ceasefire on the ground to build on the diplomatic efforts.
Russia said on Tuesday that it could host a meeting between the Syrian government and unspecified members of the opposition next week in Moscow.
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