Sputnik News- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he hoped the Astana talks on Syria would become a good basis for the negotiating process in Geneva, and praised the talks for recognizing the impossibility of a military solution to the Syrian crisis.

The Syria talks were held in�Astana on�January 23-24. They were initiated by�Russian President Vladimir Putin, who proposed establishing in�Astana a site of�the Syrian peace process in�addition to�Geneva. The proposal was supported by�the presidents of�Turkey and Kazakhstan.

At the talks in�the Kazakh capital, Russia, Iran and Turkey, as�guarantors of�the Syrian truce, decided to�establish a trilateral mechanism to�monitor the ceasefire in�Syria.

"I consider it very important to�note that the participants of�the process in�Astana formalized the impossibility of�a military solution to�the Syrian problem," Putin said at�a meeting with�Jordan's King Abdullah II.

"And we very much hope that the negotiations in�Astana will become a good basis for�the continuation of�the negotiating process in�Geneva," he said.