US Envoy to Kazakhstan, Deputy Head of Mission to Be Observers at Astana Talks

© AP Photo / Sergei GritsDelegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey hold talks on Syrian peace at a hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017
Delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey hold talks on Syrian peace at a hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The United States will have a broad representation from its mission in Kazakhstan as observers at Astana talks on Syria, a representative of the US embassy in Kazakhstan told Sputnik Thursday.

Representatives of the Syria regime and rebel groups along with other attendees take part in the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP - Sputnik International
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ASTANA (Sputnik) — They are expected to arrive closer to the plenary session scheduled for the afternoon.

"We understand that we are going to bring the entire front office down as observers. That means the ambassador [George Krol] and also the deputy chief of the mission," the representative said, asked about the composition of the US delegation.

The second round of Astana talks is held in Kazakhstan's capital on February 15-16. The enforcement and monitoring of the nationwide ceasefire in Syria is one of the main issues on the agenda of the talks.

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