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UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen leaves a press conference following fifth round of Constitutional Committee talks on January 29, 2021. AFP
UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen leaves a press conference following fifth round of Constitutional Committee talks on January 29, 2021. AFP
UN Syria peace envoy ‘disappointed’ by Damascus stonewalling
Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen lamented another week of no progress towards a Syrian constitution