While stressing that the political process should take place in Geneva without any preconditions, De Mistura also said that other initiatives were welcome.
In parallel with the UN-backed Geneva process, seven rounds of Astana talks have been held since January, with Russia, Turkey and Iran as the mediators. The most significant outcome was the establishment of four de-escalation zones in Syria.
The new round of the Geneva talks also follows a meeting of the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia in the Russian resort city of Sochi, where they supported a comprehensive dialogue for Syria.
Opposition groups agreed on unifying a delegation to the fresh round of UN talks, which marks a first for political opposition groups in internationally-backed talks.
The Syrian armed conflict broke out in 2011 and quickly turned into a full-fledged war, now entering into its seventh year. UN figures show the Syria has killed more than 330,000 people and displaced millions so far.
The last round of UN-led talks ended on July 14 without going deeper into scheduled topics.
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