Sputnik- Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said that the next round of negotiations on Syrian peace settlement may take place in Astana in the middle of February.


ASTANA (Sputnik)�� The next round�of negotiations on�Syrian peace settlement may take place in�Astana in�the middle of�February, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said Tuesday.


"Of course," the minister said, when asked if the meeting would take place in�Astana.

"Roughly speaking� we are talking about�the middle of�February," Abdrakhmanov said.

On Monday, Maj. Gen. Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, the head of�the Russian delegation at�the Astana meeting, said the talks were planned for�February 15-16.

The intra-Syrian peace talks were held in�Kazakhstan's capital of�Astana on�January 23-24. The talks resulted in�Moscow-Tehran-Ankara agreement on�establishment of�a tripartite mechanism to�monitor the ceasefire in�Syria, embroiled in�a civil war since�2011.

The next round�of UN-brokered negotiations on�the Syrian reconciliation is expected to�take place on�February 20.