Work On Syrian Constitution Commission At Key Phase'

Work on a commission to revise the Syrian constitution has come to an important phase, said Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday after a meeting on Syria in Geneva.



There is no conflict over the names suggested for the commission by the Syrian regime and opposition, Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters following a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of guarantor countries -- Iran, Russia and Turkey -- and UN Special Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura at the UN office.



During a Syrian peace conference this January in Sochi, Russia, participants agreed on the formation of a commission to develop recommendations to amend the Syrian constitution.



Last Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia, Turkey and Iran will present a list of candidates for the commission to the UN.



Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011,, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on protesters with unexpected ferocity.



Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million others displaced, according to UN officials. -