Meetings on Syria started in Kazakhstan

Astana talks proceed with the goal of discovering an answer to the Syrian disaster.

Delegations from Turkey, Russia and Iran, the guarantor international locations of the talks, met for the 18th time throughout the scope of the summits held with bilateral and tripartite conferences in Nur Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan.

Names attending the assembly

Turkey is represented by the delegation headed by the Ministry of International Affairs Director Common for Syria Ambassador Selçuk Ünal, and delegations from Russia, headed by President Vladimir Putin’s Particular Envoy for Syria Aleksandr Lavrentyev, and from Iran, headed by International Minister Political Affairs Advisor Ali Asgar Haji, attend.

The Syrian regime’s Deputy Minister of International Affairs, Ayman Susan, and the army opposition, with delegations headed by Ahmet Tuma, participate in the conferences.

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It’ll final two days

Whereas the United Nations (UN) Particular Consultant for Syria, Geir O.Pedersen, is represented by Political Affairs Officer Robert Dunn, this time solely Jordanian delegations from Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, which had observer standing in the earlier conferences.

In the course of the two-day conferences, points reminiscent of making certain the circumstances for the return of Syrian refugees, the humanitarian and socio-economic scenario in Syria, the work of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva, confidence-building measures, the discharge of hostages and the seek for lacking individuals are mentioned.

Putin’s particular envoy: The scenario in Syria has turn out to be tense

Lavrentyev, the Particular Envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Syria, stated in an announcement to the press earlier than the assembly that the scenario in Syria was getting tense.

“The Syria disaster is a precedence for Russian overseas coverage”

In keeping with the information of AA, Lavrentyev, “The bulk say that Russia’s curiosity in Syria has weakened due to its particular operation in Ukraine. Regardless of this, the Syrian disaster stays a precedence for Russian overseas coverage.” stated.

Stating that they got here along with their Turkish and Iranian colleagues to debate the problems they beforehand mentioned in order to make the lifetime of the Syrian folks simpler, Lavrentyev stated, “Take into account the scenario on the bottom in Syria. That is additional difficult by the army operation that Turkish President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan has declared towards Kurdish formations in northern Syria, which he calls terrorists.” claimed.

The declare of the Russian aspect

Lavrentyev, “We consider that this isn’t an inexpensive step, as it might result in escalation of tensions and a brand new battle scenario in this nation. We’ll name on our Turkish colleagues to resolve this challenge by means of dialogue between all related events.” used the expressions.

Emphasizing that they may also talk about the scenario of Syrian refugees throughout the talks, Lavrentyev stated, “This is a vital challenge. Attitudes in direction of refugees are altering in some international locations.

“It’s fairly troublesome to work in Geneva”

Specifically, Lebanon is in favor of allocating funds for the return of refugees to their international locations, fairly than allocating funds to make sure residing circumstances in the international locations they host. stated.

Declaring {that a} new house ought to be created for the Syrian Constitutional Committee with the lack of Geneva’s impartial standing, Lavrentyev stated, “It is vitally troublesome to work in Geneva as a Russian delegation. We’ll talk about this challenge in the Astana talks.” he stated.