Turkey urges UN to not invite PYD to Syria constitution commission

Turkey has urged the U.N. Special Representative for Syria Staffan de Mistura not to invite any representative from the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to the committee that will be formed to establish a new constitution for Syria.

Meeting with the Turkish delegation at Sochi talks, Mistura said he was “aware of” Turkey’s sensitivity regarding the issue, diplomatic sources told Hurriyet Daily News on condition of anonymity.

The decision to form a committee to draft a new constitution was made during the Russian-sponsored Sochi talks on Jan. 29-30.

According to the Sochi consensus, the three guarantor countries Turkey, Russia and Iran each separately submitted de Mistura a list of 50 names, making a total of 150, as members of the constitutional committee.

De Mistura will decide on the members of the committee, which will include nearly 30-40 people, using these names, though he also has the authority to include other names, sources said.

One third of this committee will represent the regime, another third will represent the opposition and the remaining third will come from independent names. The meetings will take place in Geneva.

The U.N. envoy will also consult with other countries over Syria regarding the formation of the committee.

The decision to form a constitutional committee and assign this task to the UN envoy are the two major outcomes of Sochi Congress, according to Ankara’s assessment.

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