Astana, SANA-Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov announced on Tuesday that the date and the agenda of any next meeting on Syria in the Kazakh capital of Astana depend on the results of Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Geneva.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Sputnik in Geneva, Abdrakhmanov said his country is waiting for information from the guarantor states of the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria about the date of their next meeting in Astana.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that he plans to hold a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday to discuss the progress in the Syrian-Syrian talks in Geneva. He also did not rule out the possibility of holding a meeting with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov.<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan ready to host another technical meeting\u00a0on Syria if needed<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Kazakh\u00a0Deputy Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi said that Kazakhstan is ready to host another\u00a0technical meeting on settling the Syrian crisis,\u00a0should the need for such a meeting arise,<\/p>\n “We are waiting for some information. Nothing can\u00a0be said for sure yet, the Geneva talks on Syria\u00a0are underway. Depending on their progress, the\u00a0need for technical meetings will be assessed,”\u00a0Tleuberdi added.<\/p>\n Kazakh diplomat stressed that after the Geneva\u00a0talks conclude, it will become clear “what issues\u00a0should be discussed at technical meetings, whether\u00a0it will be the ceasefire or compliance with the\u00a0guarantees.”<\/p>\n Tleuberdi reiterated that Kazakhstan was always\u00a0ready to provide a platform for international\u00a0meetings on solving the Syrian crisis.<\/p>\n The Kazakh capital hosted two meetings on Syria;\u00a0the first meeting was held on January 23 – 24, as\u00a0its final statement stressed commitment to Syria’s\u00a0sovereignty, independence and territorial\u00a0integrity while the second one was on February 16 Manar\/H. Zain\/ Ghossoun.Haifa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Astana, SANA-Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov announced on Tuesday that the date and the agenda of any next meeting on Syria in the Kazakh capital of Astana depend on the results of Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Geneva. In an interview with Sputnik in Geneva, Abdrakhmanov said his country is waiting for information from the guarantor states …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6987],"tags":[12277,1492,12477,8616,12746,12745],"class_list":["post-101043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-arabic-international","category-latest-news","tag-astana","tag-gennady-gatilov","tag-kazakh-foreign-minister-kairat-abdrakhmanov","tag-syrian-talks","tag-technical-meeting","tag-tleuberdi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nand discussed enhancing the cessation of\u00a0hostilities in Syria.<\/p>\n