"I talked yesterday with Staffan de Mistura, as we often do, to coordinate the UN and EU work on Syria and we are extremely supportive of this decision to resume intra-Syria political talks in Geneva as of next week," Mogherini said. "The EU is and will continue to be actively strongly engaged and committed and accompanying the UN-led political process with all our means and determination."
However, reconstruction can only take place once the political transition is under way and a political agreement between the parties to the conflict has been achieved, Mogherini added.
According to the office of UN Special Envoy for Syria, the next round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva will be held on May 16.
The last round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations took place on March 23-31.
