Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 23
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
UN's Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the negotiations on Syria which will be held in Astana on Jan. 23 – 24, the presidential press-service reported.
“We want this meeting to be successful. Since Kazakhstan has trust-based relations with all the participants of the meeting, I think it will create all the conditions for normal negotiations,” Kazakh president said.
He noted that the entire world is concerned with Syria's problem and expressed hoped that is will be resolved peacefully.
Staffan de Mistura, in turn, on behalf of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres thanked Nazarbayev for the opportunity to hold talks on Syria in Astana.
“Your country has already shown a lot of experience and an example in the resolution of the most difficult situations in the international arena. Non-permanent membership of Kazakhstan in the UN Security Council would be an additional opportunity for resolving the Syrian conflict,” de Mistura said.
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