Lebanon and Iraq to join talks on Syria in the Astana format

11 July 2019

 

The date of the new round of inter-Syrian talks in the Astana format has already been set. They will be held at the beginning of August.

 

 

This was reported by Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.

 

 

"The meeting is scheduled and all interested parties willing to take part in this meeting agreed on it. And it is  August 1-2 in Nur-Sultan," he said in particular.

 

 

According to Bogdanov, the representatives of Lebanon and Iraq will for the first time attend the meeting as observers. The meeting will be followed by a trilateral summit of Russia, Turkey and Iran on Syria.

 

 

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