Syria peace talks in Astana postponed until February 16

Syria peace talks in Astana postponed until February 16
# 14 February 2017 19:51 (UTC +04:00)

The talks in Astana have been originally scheduled for February 15-16 in behind-closed-doors format followed by a joint news conference with participation of representatives from attending delegations, APA reports quoting TASS.


Delegations from Russia, Iran, Syrian government and invited UN officials have already arrived in Astana.

The first round of Astana talks on Syrian crisis settlement brought together the representatives of the Syrian government and the armed opposition groups for the first time in the six years of the Syrian war. As a result of the talks, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish a trilateral mechanism to monitor the ceasefire that came into effect on December 30, 2016.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED