The UN special envoy for Syria has said tensions need to calm down between the major global powers in order to restart diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Syria.
Staffan de Mistura made the comments after holding talks on Friday with Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, in Moscow, Al Jazeera reported.
De Mistura said that chemical weapons inspectorsin Douma, Syria, should do their job as quickly as possible and without any interference.
"We need a political de-escalation, not only a military de-escalation, and I think that would be possible with further discussions," he said.
De Mistura said he was pleased to hear that there is a "strong commitment" from Russia to the political process.
