(25 Mar 2017) UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, met Nasr al-Hariri, the head of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) opposition group, in Geneva on Saturday as part of the latest round of Syria peace talks.
On Friday, de Mistura kicked off the formal start of the fifth round of talks over 14 months between envoys from President Bashar Assad's government and opposition groups.
De Mistura told reporters on Friday that he did not expect "miracles" from the talks but hoped for "incremental constructive steps".
The talks are set to take place over at least several days around issues of governance, elections, a new constitution, and the fight against terrorism.
The two sides are still not meeting face-to-face, despite jointly attending a fourth-round ceremony last month in a UN assembly hall.
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