UN envoy Geir Pedersen has urged the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to restart long-stalled talks with the opposition on a new constitution for Syria.
![Geir Pedersen (left) met with regime Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_330x185/public/2024-03/GettyImages-2084784982.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=Th051q-6)
![UN envoy Geir Pedersen (left) met with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mikdad on October 17 [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-11/GettyImages-1244033825.jpg?h=36d6ba9e&itok=i1FHzDsK)
![Talks on Syria in the Kazakh capital Nursultan have been held since 2017 [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-06/GettyImages-1233868711.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=yiuVdWgx)
![Syria Constitutional Committee [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/7B932FC2-819E-4DAE-B952-7A3CAC982CF2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=6d7z5rR- "Syria Constitutional Committee [Getty]")
![Geir Pedersen [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/6A02176F-53C9-4486-9931-56570EA4D269.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=BOWB_SgD "Geir Pedersen [Getty]")
