ASTANA (Reuters) – Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations have started a technical meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, to discuss in detail the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
“Representatives of Jordan are expected to take part for the first time,” a ministry spokesman said of the talks.
He said the agenda included reviewing the implementation of the cessation of hostilities, discussing a proposal from the Syrian armed opposition about the ceasefire, and determining options about how to implement it.
“This is about creating a mechanism to control the implementation of the ceasefire,” the ministry spokesman said.
The ministry gave no information about the line-up of the delegations, who were meeting behind closed doors.
(Reporting by Raushan Nurshayeva; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Robert Birsel)
