Sputnik- Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov stated that the US will be represented at the Syrian talks in Astana on the level of the US ambassador in Kazakhstan.





ASTANA (Sputnik)�� Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov confirmed to�Sputnik on�Sunday that at�the Syrian talks in�Astana the United States will be represented by�the US Ambassador to�Kazakhstan George Krol.
"The UN Special Envoy de Mistura and the representatives of�the US have been invited under�the agreement of�the parties. And of�course the official Syrian delegation and the armed opposition [have been invited]. According to�the information that we have, the US will be represented on�the level of�the US ambassador in�Kazakhstan," the minister said.


The Astana talks on�Syrian settlement will start in�the hotel Rixos President Astana at�07:00 GMT on�January 23 and are expected to�end at�07:00 GMT on�January 24. The negotiations brokered by�Russia, Turkey and Iran will be held behind�closed doors.