Bogdanov :Astana format meeting on Syria to be held before end of year

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 21^st international meeting on Syria under Astana format kicked off in the capital of Kazakhstan on January 24^th, as the first clause of the final statement stressed on respecting Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

Rafah al-Allouni/ Manar Salameh