The Special Envoy for Syria wishes to announce he will convene a seventh round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva. The target date for arrival of invitees is 9 July, with the round beginning on 10 July. He intends to convene further rounds of talks in August and in September. As in previous rounds, invitations will be sent in keeping with Security Council resolution 2254 (2015).
In addition to the formal sessions of the intra-Syrian talks convened by the Special Envoy on the baskets of the agenda, the expert meetings of the consultative process on constitutional and legal issues he established during the sixth round will continue. The Special Envoy encourages the invitees to prepare actively and looks forward to them engaging in an intensified set of discussions within this framework.