UN special envoy for Syria reiterates political solution to conflict

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen speaks to journalists during a press encounter after a Security Council closed consultation on Syria, at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 29, 2019. Geir Pedersen on Wednesday reiterated the world body's principle of political solution to the eight-year-long conflict in Syria, noting that there is no military solution. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)