An international meeting on Syria in the Astana format will be held in Nur-Sultan on December 21-22, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov told reporters on Tuesday.
"The meeting will be held on December 21-22 in an offline format, all parties have confirmed their participation," he said.
Smadiyarov explained that the countries include guarantor countries (Russia, Iran and Turkey) and observers.
The 16th international high-level meeting on Syria was held July 7-8 in Nur-Sultan with delegations from guarantor countries, the Syrian government and the armed opposition. The participants discussed the situation in the Arab republic, international humanitarian assistance, prospects for resuming the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva, as well as confidence-building measures, including prisoner exchange, the release of hostages and the search for missing persons.
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Based on materials from TASS