22 Aug 2017 10:03

Syria truce guarantor countries to hold technical meeting before end of Aug to determine agenda, date for further Astana talks - Kazakh Foreign Ministry

ASTANA. Aug 22 (Interfax) - The Syria truce guarantor countries intend to hold a technical expert-level meeting in August, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said.

"The information received from the Russian side indicates that the truce guarantor countries, namely Russia, Turkey and Iran, intend to hold a technical meeting on an expert level before the end of August, during which they will outline an agenda and set specific dates for a meeting as part of the Astana process on settling the situation in Syria," Abdrakhmanov told reporters on Tuesday.

"Astana will not host [the meeting]. The guarantor countries will decide it," he said.