Foreign ministers from Syrian ceasefire guarantor nations - Russia, Iran and Turkey - Sergey Lavrov, Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu - have gathered in Astana to discuss the operation of de-escalation zones in Syria and also political and humanitarian issues, TASS reports.
The top diplomats will sum up the results of the Astana format, which was launched more than a year ago, and will also outline steps for settling all aspects of the Syrian crisis.
The ministers will focus on the situation in Eastern Ghouta, in the Idlib de-escalation zone and implementing the decisions of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi on setting up a constitutional commission and continuing talks in Geneva.