The Russian President’s special envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, announced that his country expects that the Astana tripartite summit in Iran will lead to a solution to the Syrian problem through dialogue.
Lavrentiev stressed that Russia is making efforts to persuade the Turkish leadership not to adopt force methods to solve urgent problems, according to Russia Today.
Russian role
Lavrentiev indicated that his country is trying to do this through negotiations, and through dialogue between the concerned and relevant parties.
“We hope that the tripartite summit will contribute to the development of this issue and push it in the right direction of political dialogue.”
The Russian envoy to Syria said.
The Tripartite Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tehran on Tuesday, where the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran are expected to discuss the Syrian issue.
Astana meetings
The first summit meeting of the three countries sponsoring Syrian peace, the Astana talks, was held in the Russian city of Sochi on November 12, 2017.
Negotiations were held in the Kazakh city of Astana between representatives of the Syrian parties, in order to reach a ceasefire agreement and a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
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