Preparations for 6th round of Astana Talks underway

MOSCOW/ASTANA - 10 August 2017: Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said Thursday that the preparations for the 6th round of Astana talks on Syria are underway.

The talks are scheduled to take place end of August as per the agreement in the 5th round, Abdrakhmanov said in a press statement on Thursday.

This round of talks will be the sixth between Syrian government officials and opposition factions under the sponsorship of Russia and Turkey in Astana.