正如德米斯图拉先生和俄罗斯联邦常驻代表所解释的那样，阿斯塔纳担保国外交部长于12月18日在日内瓦会晤了德米斯图拉先生，分享他们与叙利亚各方就委员会的组成进行磋商的积极成果。伊朗代表解释了一些最新情况。我们认为，经过几个月的艰苦工作和紧张协商，我们已经取得了相当大的进展，完成宪法委员会的工作到了最后阶段。担保国正在与联合国密切合作，最后完成对“三分之一中间派”名单的细微调整，这份名单在很大程度上得到包括联合国在内所有各方的支持，而且也是可行的。
As explained by Mr. De Mistura and the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, on 18 December the Foreign Ministers of the Astana guarantor States met with Mr. De Mistura in Geneva to share the positive results of their consultations with the Syrian parties on the constitution of the committee. The representative of Iran explained some of the developments. After months of hard work and intense consultations, we believe that we have made considerable progress and reached the final stretch in our efforts to finalize the constitutional committee. The guarantor States are working closely with the United Nations to finalize the minor adjustments to the middle third list, which, for the most part, enjoys the support of all sides, including the United Nations, and is workable.