De Mistura Gives Syria Talks Parties Non-Paper With Plan for 4 Agenda Baskets

© REUTERS / Xu Jinquan/PoolUN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syria's opposition delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2017
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syria's opposition delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The four baskets at the intra-Syrian talks, given by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to all parties of negotiations, are governance and political transition, constitution, elections and counterterrorism, according to a source in opposition.

GENEVA (Sputnik) — Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee refused to accept a non-paper from UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura that he handed over to all delegations at the intra-Syrian talks recently and that outlined how the discussion of each of the four baskets should proceed, a source in the opposition told Sputnik.

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference on the eve of resumption of peace talks on Syria, on February 22, 2017 at the United Nations offices in Geneva - Sputnik International
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The four baskets at the talks are governance and political transition, constitution, elections and counterterrorism.

"The non-paper was indeed given to the delegations, and the HNC refused to accept it, " the source said.

The source could not specify what the reaction from the Syrian government delegation was.

Sputnik learned that the non-paper puts specific questions related to each of the baskets that need to be addressed by delegations

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