De Mistura Unlikely to Join Trilateral Consultations on Syria on Sunday

© AFP 2023 / Ilyas Omarov The United Nations' peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, meets with Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov in Astana on January 22, 2017 on the eve of the start of the Astana peace talks on Syria
The United Nations' peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, meets with Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov in Astana on January 22, 2017 on the eve of the start of the Astana peace talks on Syria - Sputnik International
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Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy to Kazakhstan Alexander Musienko stated that UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is unlikely to join Russian-Iranian-Turkish consultations in Astana.

ASTANA (Sputnik) — UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is unlikely to join Russian-Iranian-Turkish consultations in Astana on Sunday ahead of the intra-Syrian talks, Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy to Kazakhstan Alexander Musienko told Sputnik.

“De Mistura is unlikely to join today’s trilateral consultations,” Musienko said.

Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. - Sputnik International
De Mistura May Join Russian-Iranian-Turkish Consultations Underway in Astana
Sergey Vershinin, the director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry as well as Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Jaberi Ansari and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal are taking part in the Sunday preliminary consultations.

The Astana talks on Syrian settlement will start in the hotel Rixos President Astana at 07:00 GMT on January 23 and are expected to end at 07:00 GMT on January 24. The negotiations brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran will be held behind closed doors.

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