In the written statement made by the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan, it is announced that the 9^th Astana meeting scheduled to be held in February but postponed later will be held on 14-15 May.

Apart from the guarantor countries comprising Iran, Russia, and Turkiye, delegations of the Syrian government and opposition groups have been invited to the Astana talks along with the delegations of the UN, and also the United States and Jordan as observers, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said.

"According to the information received from the guarantor countries," said the ministry and added that during the Astana talks the parties concerned intend to consider the current situation in Syria, including in de-escalation zones, and discuss humanitarian issues and confidence-building measures.

In the talks held on December 21-22, 2017 in Astana, Turkiye, Russia, and Iran agreed on the release of detainees, the submission of the funeral, the identification of the missing and forming working group to clear historical sites from mines, those under the protection of UNESCO.

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