GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-mediated talks involving the Syrian government, opposition and civil society were put “on hold” after three participants turned up positive for COVID-19, just hours after the meetings started in Geneva.
The office of the U.N. Syria envoy said Monday the three delegations had gotten off to a “constructive first meeting” before the talks were suspended.
The sides are discussing the possibility of a new constitution for the war-battered country but have made little progress so far in ending the nine-year civil war.
