ASTANA (Sputnik) — The third round of the talks on Syrian reconciliation in the Kazakh capital of Astana is currently underway. During the previous talks carried out in February, the involved parties agreed to create the Syrian ceasefire monitoring group consisting of Iran, Russia and Turkey.
"We are trying to convince the armed Syrian opposition to also provide us with appropriate assistance in determining the locations of Jabhat Nusra," Alexander Lavrentyev said in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
Experts at Astana talks continued their work on maps separating opposition forces from terrorists in Syria, he said.
"The experts continue to work on maps for the delineation of territories controlled by the armed opposition and terrorist groups among Daesh and al-Nusra Front, whatever name it currently appears under."
Turkey and Iran provided detailed information on the important issue of separating terrorists from the moderate opposition in Syria, Lavrentyev said.
"At present we have received fairly detailed information from both the Turkish and Iranian sides. There is superimposing of maps, in other words those places designated as zones controlled specifically by Daesh and al-Nusra Front."
The chief Russian delegate underscored Jordan's role as an observer of the Astana talks in the efforts to delineate terrorists from the opposition in Syria.
Naming the separation efforts "extremely important," Lavrentyev stressed that the work "will help us ensure the security of those areas that are under the control of the moderate opposition."
"Within the past two days we have conducted negotiations with all the delegations of our friends in Russia and Iran. They were constructive negotiations regarding different issues, including strengthening of the ceasefire regime as well as coordination of efforts to fight terrorism and demarking the areas between those armed groups that signed the ceasefire and the enemies — Daesh and al-Nusra [Front] and those who did not sign it," Jaafari told reporters.
