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<\/a>\nHe added that “the draft paper on the establishment of a consultative mechanism is behind us already, which means that we are talking about something that has nothing to do with what you had heard.”<\/p>\n
Al-Jaafari also said that the Syrian Arab Republic delegation agreed with de Mistura that the meetings of experts are going to be informal and that they will be held today and maybe tomorrow if necessary.<\/p>\n
He noted that the experts present the results of their work to the official meetings of Syrian Arab Republic delegation with the Special Envoy, which means that the meetings and the work of experts are not separate from the meetings of the delegation, adding that the results of the work of experts will be presented to the entire delegation, who will decide the final results later.<\/p>\n
He went on saying that the expert meetings are mainly an initiative by the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic which brought up the idea of expert meetings to the Special Envoy as an alternative to the idea of the consultative mechanism, which did not succeed for several reasons.<\/p>\n
Al-Jaafari said he hopes that this step will serve as a helping factor to push this round and the Geneva meetings of the Syrian-Syrian dialogue towards the seriousness that is hoped by all, “with the affirmation now and in the future that the subject of the constitution is the exclusive right of the Syrian people, and we do not accept any foreign interference.”<\/p>\n
He elaborated further in response to a reporter’s question, al-Jaafari stressed that the work of the experts has nothing to do with the constitution as it is only a matter of exchanging opinions among the experts about issues that could be useful as technical issues in the constitutional process based on the points related to the constitution that are included in the basic principles paper.<\/p>\n
“A purely unofficial technical wok that doesn\u2019t produce a decision. This is the agreement,” he added.<\/p>\n
Asked whether this round of Geneva talks on Syria focused about discussing the constitution basket only, al-Jaafari said “We haven\u2019t discussed any basket yet.”<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WEIKmxNU_gw<\/p>\n
Earlier, the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic held a session of talks with de Mistura at the UN HQ in Geneva in the framework of the sixth round of the intra-Syrian dialogue in the Swiss city.<\/p>\n