Putin must nudge Syria into U.N. peace deal, mediator saysGENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura urged Russia on Wednesday to convince its ally the Syrian government of the need to clinch a peace deal to end the nearly seven-year-old war. De Mistura, speaking on Swiss television station RTS, said  failure to make peace quickly through United Nations mediation could lead to  a fragmentation of Syria . Russian President Vladimir Putin during a surprise visit on Monday to Russia s Hmeymim air base in Syria, declared that the work of Russian forces was largely done in backing the Assad government against militants, following the defeat of  the most battle-hardened group of international terrorists.  De Mistura, asked what signal Putin could give from his position of force, said:  Convince the (Syrian) government that there is no time to lose.... You can think you win territory militarily but you have to win the peace.  And to win the peace, you have to have the courage to push the government to accept that there has to be a new constitution and new elections, through the United Nations,  he said. The nearly seven-year civil war in Syria has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven more than 11 million from their homes. All previous diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have ended in failure over the opposition s demand that President Bashar al-Assad leave power and his refusal to go. The Kremlin first launched air strikes in Syria in September 2015 in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, turning the tide of the conflict in Assad s favor.  Now that it regards that mission complete, Putin wants to help broker a peace deal and is keen to organize a special event in Russia - a Syrian Congress on National Dialogue - that Moscow hopes will bring together the Syrian government and opposition and try to hammer out a new constitution. But De Mistura made clear that peace negotiations must be through the United Nations in Geneva, as mandated by the U.N. Security Council, adding:  Otherwise it is not worth it.... This is a complicated war, it is only in Geneva through the U.N.  The U.N. envoy has conducted shuttle diplomacy between the Syrian government delegation led by chief negotiator Bashar al-Ja afari and a unified opposition delegation.  The opposition told me clearly when they arrived here, and again yesterday and this morning too, that they are ready to meet the government right away to have a hard, difficult discussion.  The government is not ready, it has said it is not ready to meet the opposition. That is regrettable but diplomacy has many means,  de Mistura said. A senior Western diplomat said that the government delegation had failed to engage with de Mistura on a new constitution and elections during a round of negotiations due to end on Thursday.  Clearly they did not have any intention to engage in this political process. And clearly they are not under sufficient pressure to do so,  the diplomat told Reuters.  The clear impression is the regime wants to avoid the U.N.-led political process at any cost.  worldnews
putin must nudge syria peace deal mediator saysgeneva reuters special envoy syria staff de mixture urged russia wednesday convince ally syrian government need clinch peace deal end nearly war de mixture speaking swiss television station rts said failure make peace quickly united nations mediation could lead fragmentation syria russian president vladimir putin surprise visit monday russia hmeymim air base syria declared work russian forces largely done backing assad government militants following defeat group international terrorists de mixture asked signal putin could give position force said convince syrian government time lose you think win territory militarily win peace and win peace courage push government accept new constitution new elections united nations said the nearly civil war syria killed hundreds thousands people driven million homes all previous diplomatic efforts resolve conflict ended failure opposition demand president basal leave power refusal go the kremlin first launched air strikes syria september biggest middle east intervention decades turning tide conflict assad favor now regards mission complete putin wants help broker peace deal keen organize special event russia syrian congress national dialogue moscow hopes bring together syrian government opposition try hammer new constitution but de mixture made clear peace negotiations must united nations geneva mandated security council adding otherwise worth this complicated war geneva the envoy conducted shuttle diplomacy syrian government delegation led chief negotiator basal safari unified opposition delegation the opposition told clearly arrived yesterday morning ready meet government right away hard difficult discussion the government ready said ready meet opposition that regrettable diplomacy many means de mixture said a senior western diplomat said government delegation failed engage de mixture new constitution elections round negotiations due end thursday clearly intention engage political process and clearly sufficient pressure diplomat told reuters the clear impression regime wants avoid political process cost worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Putin must nudge Syria into U.N. peace deal, mediator saysGENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura urged Russia on Wednesday to convince its ally the Syrian government of the need to clinch a peace deal to end the nearly seven-year-old war. De Mistura, speaking on Swiss television station RTS, said  failure to make peace quickly through United Nations mediation could lead to  a fragmentation of Syria . Russian President Vladimir Putin during a surprise visit on Monday to Russia s Hmeymim air base in Syria, declared that the work of Russian forces was largely done in backing the Assad government against militants, following the defeat of  the most battle-hardened group of international terrorists.  De Mistura, asked what signal Putin could give from his position of force, said:  Convince the (Syrian) government that there is no time to lose.... You can think you win territory militarily but you have to win the peace.  And to win the peace, you have to have the courage to push the government to accept that there has to be a new constitution and new elections, through the United Nations,  he said. The nearly seven-year civil war in Syria has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven more than 11 million from their homes. All previous diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have ended in failure over the opposition s demand that President Bashar al-Assad leave power and his refusal to go. The Kremlin first launched air strikes in Syria in September 2015 in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, turning the tide of the conflict in Assad s favor.  Now that it regards that mission complete, Putin wants to help broker a peace deal and is keen to organize a special event in Russia - a Syrian Congress on National Dialogue - that Moscow hopes will bring together the Syrian government and opposition and try to hammer out a new constitution. But De Mistura made clear that peace negotiations must be through the United Nations in Geneva, as mandated by the U.N. Security Council, adding:  Otherwise it is not worth it.... This is a complicated war, it is only in Geneva through the U.N.  The U.N. envoy has conducted shuttle diplomacy between the Syrian government delegation led by chief negotiator Bashar al-Ja afari and a unified opposition delegation.  The opposition told me clearly when they arrived here, and again yesterday and this morning too, that they are ready to meet the government right away to have a hard, difficult discussion.  The government is not ready, it has said it is not ready to meet the opposition. That is regrettable but diplomacy has many means,  de Mistura said. A senior Western diplomat said that the government delegation had failed to engage with de Mistura on a new constitution and elections during a round of negotiations due to end on Thursday.  Clearly they did not have any intention to engage in this political process. And clearly they are not under sufficient pressure to do so,  the diplomat told Reuters.  The clear impression is the regime wants to avoid the U.N.-led political process at any cost.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: putin must nudge syria peace deal mediator saysgeneva reuters special envoy syria staff de mixture urged russia wednesday convince ally syrian government need clinch peace deal end nearly war de mixture speaking swiss television station rts said failure make peace quickly united nations mediation could lead fragmentation syria russian president vladimir putin surprise visit monday russia hmeymim air base syria declared work russian forces largely done backing assad government militants following defeat group international terrorists de mixture asked signal putin could give position force said convince syrian government time lose you think win territory militarily win peace and win peace courage push government accept new constitution new elections united nations said the nearly civil war syria killed hundreds thousands people driven million homes all previous diplomatic efforts resolve conflict ended failure opposition demand president basal leave power refusal go the kremlin first launched air strikes syria september biggest middle east intervention decades turning tide conflict assad favor now regards mission complete putin wants help broker peace deal keen organize special event russia syrian congress national dialogue moscow hopes bring together syrian government opposition try hammer new constitution but de mixture made clear peace negotiations must united nations geneva mandated security council adding otherwise worth this complicated war geneva the envoy conducted shuttle diplomacy syrian government delegation led chief negotiator basal safari unified opposition delegation the opposition told clearly arrived yesterday morning ready meet government right away hard difficult discussion the government ready said ready meet opposition that regrettable diplomacy many means de mixture said a senior western diplomat said government delegation failed engage de mixture new constitution elections round negotiations due end thursday clearly intention engage political process and clearly sufficient pressure diplomat told reuters the clear impression regime wants avoid political process cost worldnews