UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has instructed his special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to intensify efforts to convene a new round of negotiations between Damascus and the opposition, the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
According to him, the UN head “continues to closely monitor” the situation in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where an operation is under way against the militants of the Islamic State and calls on the participants of military conflict to protect civilians.
The next round of inter-Syrian negotiations in Geneva was planned to be held in August.
De Mistura said earlier, he plans to resume discussions between the delegations of Damascus and the opposition no later than early November.