GENEVA (Sputnik) — He said the HNC agreed at the meeting on the need to reach progress at the Syria talks.
"This issue was not discussed," Gatilov told reporters.
Moscow, Ankara and Tehran brokered a nationwide ceasefire in Syria in late December 2016. The truce paved the way for a series of summits in Kazakhstan, which saw representatives of Damascus and armed opposition groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad meet for the first time since the Syrian conflict erupted in March 2011. These efforts are expected to facilitate the fragile peace process in Syria.
The regime of cessation of hostilities in Syria is generally observed, Gatilov added.
"Objective monitoring data confirm that the ceasefire regime is generally observed," Gatilov told reporters.
Kazakhstan's capital city Astana hosted three rounds of talks on the Syrian settlement brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran, held on January 23-24, February 15-16 and March 14-15. During the talks, the participants agreed to set up a ceasefire monitoring group, among other issues.
The fifth round of the UN-backed intra-Syrian talks between the government and opposition parties is now being held in Geneva since Thursday until March 31.
