Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Moscow, SANA- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of Russian President for the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, has affirmed that a new Astana format meeting on Syria should take place before the end of the current year.
” The meeting will definitely take place”, Bogdanov was quoted by TASS Agency as saying in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the final date was postponed due to changes in the work schedules, however, I believe the meeting will take place before the end of this year.
The work of the 21st international meeting on Syria under Astana format kicked off in the capital of Kazakhstan on January 24th, as the first clause of the final statement stressed on respecting Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.
Rafah al-Allouni/ Manar Salameh
