DAMASCUS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Saturday it has sent the name list of the government delegation for the UN-backed constitutional committee to the Russian and Iranian ambassadors to Syria.

The ministry was quoted by the state news agency SANA as saying that the committee was to discuss the current constitution, giving no further details.

The announcement came just days after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in Moscow that his government was going to send the name list of the government delegation for the constitutional committee in the UN.