Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted on Wednesday as saying Syria peace talks would resume in Geneva on May 10, but a spokeswoman for the UN special envoy on Syria said no date had yet been fixed.
The RIA news agency had reported Bogdanov’s comments earlier on Wednesday, but when asked about it a spokeswoman for Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy, said in an email that talk about May 10 was speculation and that no date had been set.
De Mistura, who is struggling to keep negotiations alive after the main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) left formal talks last week, was due to give a news briefing later on Wednesday.