TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs Ali Asqar Khaji and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen in a phone conversation discussed the latest developments in Syria, and voiced concern over the escalation of ISIL activities in the Arab country.
During the conversation on Wednesday, Khaji and Pedersen reviewed the latest developments in Syria.
The Iranian and UN diplomats underlined the movements of the ISIL terrorist group in Syria is worrying, and stressed the need to continue the fight against terrorism.
Both sides discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the forthcoming meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the Astana Peace Process, as well as the escalation of ISIL terrorists in Syria.
According to the agreement of the Syrian parties, the fifth round of meetings of the Constitutional Committee is scheduled to be held in Geneva in late January.
The Constitutional Committee's fifth round of the Syria talks is set to be held at the United Nations' Geneva office on Jan. 25-29, 2021.
The fourth session of Syria's Constitutional Committee was held on November 27 in Geneva to hammer out the roots of the basic laws for a peaceful Syria.
In his November meeting with Pedersen in Tehran, Khaji had said that the western states are using the humanitarian issues in Syria to attain their political goals.
Khaji lauded Pedersen for his efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria and continued meetings of the constitution committee, blasting certain countries, specially the western states, for non-participation in the conference on refugees.
“The western states which claim to be supporting the humanitarian issues, have taken hostage the humanitarian issues in Syria to attain their political goals and have attempted to prevent holding the conference (on refugees),” he added.
Pedersen, for his part, elaborated on the latest coordination with members of Syria’s constitution committee about their next meeting, appreciating Iran’s efforts to support the political process to resolve the crisis in Syria.
