TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy FM Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Syrian envoy to UN, Bashar al-Jaafari held talks on the Syrian settlement in the framework of Astana 8 meeting in Kazakhstan.

Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by Bashar al-Jaafari, held a meeting in Astana on Thursday with Iranian delegation, headed by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, within the framework of Astana 8 meeting on Syria.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the coordination and consultation between the two sides to contribute to the success of Astana meeting, as well as the latest political and field developments in Syria and on the prospect of Syrian-Syrian dialogue for peaceful resolution of the country’s crisis.

Meanwhile, the Russian delegation, headed by Putin’s Special Envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, held two separate meetings with the Iranian and the Turkish delegations.

After the bilateral meetings, a tripartite meeting will be held between delegations of the three guarantor states of the cessation of hostilities agreement (Russia, Iran and Turkey.)

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