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New round of Syria peace talks open in Geneva

A new round of Syria peace talks opened on Tuesday (May 16th) in Geneva, AFP reported.

Syrian regime delegation chief Bashar al-Jaafari was holding an initial meeting with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura at the UN on Tuesday.

The main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), led by Nasr al-Hariri and Mohammad Sabra, was due to meet the UN envoy later in the day.

The UN negotiations are focused on four separate "baskets": governance, a new constitution, elections and combating "terrorism" in the war-ravaged country.

With regime negotiators and the HNC expected to be in the Swiss city until the weekend, de Mistura said he wanted to drill down on several issues in hopes of generating solid proposals.

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