Syria envoy ducks talk of Assad future at UN meet Syria's government says it has had useful talks with the United Nations envoy on a political solution to the conflict, but has stopped short of meeting his call for clear plans on a new government. Instead, the Damascus regime's lead negotiator says hte meeting focused only on a document Damascus submitted to the UN earlier this week, which laid out "fundamental principles for a political solution to the crisis in Syria". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES