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Pompeo, de Mistura discuss progress on convening constitutional committee

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and discussed the Special Envoy's "progress on convening a constitutional committee," it was announced Monday.
State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement that Pompeo "thanked de Mistura for his efforts in de-escalating the military conflict and re-invigorating the political peace process." Pompeo also thanked de Mistura "for his more than four years of service on behalf of the Syrian people, as well as his many years of UN service around the world." Last week, de Mistura announced that he would quit in the last week of November due to personal reasons. He has been working as the UN special envoy for Syria since 2014. (end) si.tg