The UN envoy for Syria Stefan De Mistura is seeking meetings with Iran, Russia and Turkey as guarantors of Astana peace talks, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric announced.
The first group of the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue consisting of 175 members arrived in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi.
Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif returned home from his one-day visit to Turkey Sunday night at the end of a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on Syria.
Parties to the Syrian peace talks in Astana have yet to agree on face-to-face meetings between the delegations of the Damascus government and rebel groups, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko said on Monday.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged respect to sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity of Syria and underscored the need for efforts to prevent its division.
