Russia hopes that its cooperation with Turkey and Iran on the Syria crisis will be long-term, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

In the talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 23-24, which brought the warring sides to the negotiating table, Russia, Turkey and Iran issued a final statement according to which they agreed to monitor the truce in Syria. 

The three countries also said there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict and that it can only be solved politically.

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