Sputnik News- Damascus delegation head Bashar Jaafari arrived Monday in the Kazakh capital of Astana to take part in an international meeting on Syria, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

The new round�of talks in�Astana format will take place on�Wednesday and Thursday, preceded by�expert consultations on�Tuesday.

Apart from�the Syrian sides, Russia, Iran and Turkey as�ceasefire guarantor states, as�well as�the United Nations, take part in�the talks.