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The planned meetings follow a similar set of talks with both groups of countries in June, although Egypt was not involved in that round.The discussions about setting up a constitutional committee have made slow progress and represent a big downgrade in the United Nations' ambitions for Syrian peace talks.For two years the warring sides repeatedly came to Geneva, in a futile search for agreement on political reforms, a new constitution and new elections. But this year, with little US political involvement and major gains on the battlefield by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies, the UN political process has largely evaporated.