Kazakh capital to host next int’l meeting on Syria in 1st half of 2025
The Kazakh capital is to host the 23rd regular international meeting on Syria in the first half of next year, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.
Following the 22nd round of the International Meeting on Syria within the Astana Process in the Kazakh capital, the guarantor countries – Iran, Russia and Türkiye, adopted the joint statement, expressing their appreciation to Kazakhstan for hosting the meeting.
The participants highlighted the special role of Kazakhstan as a host country of international meetings on Syria, which stood at the origins of the Astana Process and has never failed to provide a venue and hospitality for a success of such a unique multilateral instrument.
The statement mentions the agreement, reached in the final document of the trilateral summit on July 19, 2022, on holding a high-level meeting in Russia.
The sides agreed to host the 23rd regular international meeting on Syria in Astana in the first half of 2025, reads the joint statement, revealed by Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Alibek Bakayev.
The sides also stated that intensification of violence in the Middle East is having a negative impact on the situation in Syria, condemned the military attacks of Israel against Syria, which violate the country’s international rights, sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as the international humanitarian rights. The guarantor countries called for cessation of attacks that destabilize and increase tension in the region.
The meeting’s participants voiced serious concern over actions of terrorist groups in the Idlib de-escalation zone and beyond, threatening the civilian population. The sides agreed to step up their efforts to stabilize the situation, including the humanitarian situation.
To note, representatives of 11 delegations attended the 22nd regular international meeting on Syria in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
The Astana Process, which should have been ended last year, resumed its work this year.
Launched in 2017, the Astana Process is a platform for holding talks on cessation of hostilities among opposing forces in Syria.
