The Kazakh Foreign Ministry announced the holding of a new round of Astana negotiations, in its twenty-first edition, regarding Syria.
ARK News… Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aybek Samdyarov said: “The twenty-first international meeting on Syria within the framework of the Astana process will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan on January 24 and 25 at the invitation of the guarantor countries.”
At the conclusion of the discussions of the 20th round of the “Astana Process” in the Kazakh capital, Nor-Sultan, on June 21, 2023, the Kazakh Foreign Minister, Kanat Tomysh, announced that this round is the last that his country will host, announcing after that its readiness to consider the possibility of resuming the talks.” “As a gesture of good faith,” provided that all parties agree to this.
The final statement of the 20th round of Astana stated: “Russia, Iran and Turkey stressed the importance of continuing to provide and increasing the volume of humanitarian aid to Syria in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution No. 2672. As well as the need to remove obstacles and increase humanitarian assistance to all Syrians throughout the country without discrimination, politicization and conditions.” "advance".
The three countries expressed their conviction that there can be no military solution to the Syrian conflict, and affirmed their “commitment to advancing a viable and lasting political process led by Syria and facilitated by the United Nations, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.”
She stressed "the important role of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, which was established with a decisive contribution from the countries guaranteeing the Astana formula, to implement the decisions of the Syrian National Dialogue Conference in Sochi, in promoting the political settlement of the conflict in Syria."
In addition to affirming its “commitment to supporting the work of the committee through continued participation with the Syrian parties in the committee and the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Syria, Geir Pedersen.”
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