UN Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday (March 8th) invited Syrian regime and opposition groups to resume peace talks in Geneva on March 23rd, AFP reported.
De Mistura announced the date after reporting to the UN Security Council on the results of the last round of talks on ending Syria's six-year war.
"My current intention is to bring the invitees back to Geneva for a fifth round, with a target date of March 23rd," he said after the meeting.
The new round will focus on governance, constitutional process, elections and counter-terrorism and there may also be discussions on reconstruction, he said.
The UN envoy said while there were no "miracles" during the last round, "we achieved much more than many people had imagined we could have".
"No one left. Everybody stayed. They were focused. We got an agenda. We got a timeline and we got some agreement, even on substance," he said.
