{"id":29820,"date":"2017-01-17T21:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29820"},"modified":"2017-01-17T21:25:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:25:45","slug":"syria-peace-talks-in-astana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29820","title":{"rendered":"Syria Peace Talks in Astana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"download\"International desk: Russia's foreign minister says that Moscow is inviting representatives of the incoming US administration to attend upcoming Syria talks in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference yesterday that Russia is encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump's focus on combating terrorism.<\/p>\n

He voiced hope that Russian and US experts could start discussions on “fighting terrorism” in Syria, in Kazakhstan's capital when Syrian government and opposition representatives meet for talks on Monday.<\/p>\n

He said: “We hope that the new administration will be able to accept that proposal,” adding that the talks in Astana will offer “the first opportunity to discuss a more efficient fight against terrorism in Syria”.<\/p>\n

Lavrov said that Russia expects that cooperation on settling the Syrian crisis will be more productive than it was with the Obama administration, reports Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

“One of the objectives of the meeting in Astana is first of all to consolidate the ceasefire,” Lavrov said of the talks due to begin on January 23.<\/p>\n

Organised by rebel backer Turkey and regime allies Russia and Iran, the Astana meeting is the latest bid to put an end to the brutal conflict raging since March 2011.<\/p>\n

Lavrov said it was “right to invite representatives of the UN and the new US administration” but did not say whether the incoming Trump administration had confirmed its attendance.<\/p>\n

A source in the Russian foreign ministry told AFP the talks would not involve the foreign ministers of participating countries and could last a few days, but did not give further details.<\/p>\n

Syrian rebel groups, including the powerful Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam), said on Monday they would attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: Russia’s foreign minister says that Moscow is inviting representatives of the incoming US administration to attend upcoming Syria talks in Kazakhstan. Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference yesterday that Russia is encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump’s focus on combating terrorism. He voiced hope that Russian and US experts could start discussions on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n