Nur Sultan (ST): The Syrian Arab Republic’s delegation, headed by Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, held a meeting with the Russian delegation, headed by the Russian President’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Laverntiv in Nur Sultan. The two sides reviewed the agenda of the 14th round of Astana Process. Both sides agreed on the necessity of contuing intensive consultations, especially during the current critical circumstances.
Earlier, the 14th round of Astana talks on Syria started today in the Kazakh capital Nur Sultan with the participation of the Syrian Arab Republic’s delegation headed by Dr. al-Ja’afari and other delegations.
The Russian and Iranian delegations also started their bilateral talks within the framework of this round.
The Russian President’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Laverntiv, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs Ali Asghar Khaji, the delegation of the Turkish regime headed by Deputy Foreign Minister are taking part in the meetings.
UN Secretary General’s special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen is also participating in the meeting as an observer.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kazakhstan affirmed earlier that all sides to the Astana process on Syria will be participating in the 14th round of talks which will be held on December 10-11 in Nur-Sultan.
Thirteen meetings of Astana process have been held since the beginning of 2017, one of them was held in the Russian city of Sochi.
All of the meetings stressed complete adherence to preserving Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and continuing the war against terrorist organizations in the country till completely uprooting them.
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