TEHRAN – The next round of the Astana peace talks on the Syrian conflict is planned to be held later this month, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov announced on Tuesday.

“According to information that we have received from the Astana process underwriter states, Russia, Turkey and Iran, the parties are preparing for a new round of talks in Astana in accordance with earlier reached agreements,” Abdrakhmanov said.

“The issue concerns the 20th of February, but information is yet to be ultimately confirmed by the underwriter states,” he said, according to the TASS news agency.

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