Russia proposes new Syria constitution in 18 months time

Moscow has distributed a document on ending the about five-year-old Syrian struggle that calls for drafting another constitution in up to year and a half that would be put to a well-known referendum and be trailed by an early presidential decision.

The record, got on Tuesday by The Associated Press, makes no mention of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad resigning amid the move - a key opposition request. It just says that “the president of Syria won’t seat the sacred commission.”

Russia proposes new Syria constitution in 18 months time

It calls for U.N. particular agent Staffan de Mistura to start a political procedure between the Syrian government and “a united appointment of the opposition groups” on the premise of the June 2012 report settled upon by significant forces in Geneva requiring the foundation of a transitional administering body for Syria with full official forces, leading to election in Syria.

Russia’s delegate U.N. minister Vladimir Safronkov, who shown regret that the record had been leaked, told The Associated Press: “It’s our vision — it’s our proposition.”

The document was apparently circulated in front of a second round of talks in Vienna on Saturday among key governments on both sides of the Syrian strife. De Mistura told correspondents subsequent to preparation the U.N. Security Council late Tuesday that his message to the 15 individuals was “single word — momentum.”

The Russian record, entitled “Way to deal with The Settlement of The Syrian Crisis,” concentrates on both resistance and “terrorist gatherings,” and the need to separate between them.

It requires the Security Council to consent to list the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) bunch as “a terrorist association,” and concurrence on an extra rundown of terrorist gatherings.

At the point when the Syrian government and restriction assignments meet under U.N. protection, the record says they ought to concede to proceed on a series of steps.