Sputnik - The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that the next meeting on the Syrian settlement in the Kazakh capital of Astana will take place on July 4-5.





MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� The Foreign Ministry of�Kazakhstan mentioned these dates earlier on�Monday. The office of�UN Special Envoy for�Syria Staffan de Mistura also confirmed the timeframe for�Geneva talks on�Syria, scheduled to�begin on�July 10, following�Astana negotiations.
"According to�the updated information, the meeting on�Syria in�Astana, as�of now, is planned for�July 4-5," the ministry's representatives told reporters.


The participants of�the meeting are expected to�discuss documents regulating the parameters of�the de-escalation zones as�well as�the issue of�unfettered humanitarian access and rebuilding of�infrastructure.


The latest round�of Astana talks held in�May resulted in�an agreement to�create four de-escalation zones in�Syria. The monitoring and management of�the safe zones is carried out�by military personnel from�the ceasefire guarantor states, namely, Russia, Turkey and Iran.