ASTANA (Sputnik) — A new meeting on Syrian settlement in the Kazakh capital officially kicked off with a bilateral meeting between the UN and Russian delegations earlier in the day. The Russian delegation also met with the delegation from Jordan.
Russian-Iranian and Russian-Turkish consultations are planned for later in the day. A trilateral Russia-Turkey-Iran meeting will complete the first day's program of negotiations.
The Astana talks are taking place on March 14-15. A plenary session will take place Wednesday.


