Geneva - Arab Today
United Nation's (UN) Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced on Friday the end of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva having secured a finalized agenda – agreed upon by warring sides – for another round.
In this round of talks, de Mistura said, the participants have worked out a clear agenda, reflected by four baskets, the forth of which addresses the issues related to counterterrorism. "I think that we have a clear agenda now, in front of us, the agenda is reflected by the baskets, four baskets three plus one The additional basket addresses the issues related to strategies of counterterrorism, security governance and also medium-term confidence-building issues," he said, adding that the sides agreed to discuss at all four "baskets" in parallel." de Mistura told reporters.
He said he would to invite the sides back to Geneva for the fifth set of discussions this month. The fourth Geneva talks were part of the latest political initiative to bring an end to a six-year war that has killed nearly 500,000 people, wounded more than a million, and displaced nearly half the population.
The last round of talks in Geneva in April were suspended after a previous ceasefire collapsed and heavy fighting resumed.
Source: QNA