UN envoy Staffan de mistura dgives a press statement in the night on Saturday at the UN - Office in Vienna on January 27, 2018. / AFP / ALEX HALADA
MOSCOW, United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura will head a new constitutional commission that will be set up at a peace conference in Russia this week, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing official documents.
Russia is hosting a two-day Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday and Tuesday which it hopes will launch talks on drafting a new constitution for Syria.
