A preliminary meeting was held on Friday and Saturday between the Syrian opposition and Turkish officials. It was followed by another Turkish-sponsored meeting which was attended by Russian military personnel and representatives from most opposition fighting groups. No agreement on a ceasefire was reached.
The sides failed then to reach an agreement because the Russians wanted to exclude eastern Ghouta from the ceasefire and demanded the locations of Fatth al-Sham, the disbanded al-Nusra front from opposition fighters. The opposition rejected the Russian demands.
Tuesday’s meeting was attended by Ahrar al-Sham, Jaish al-Islam, al-Jabha al-Shamiyah, al-Sham Brigade, al-Rahman Brigade, Free Idlib Army, Ajnaad al-Sham, Aleppo Operations Room, the First Coastal Division, and Sultan Murad faction, according to Aljazeera correspondent.
Earlier today, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed the current situation of Syria during a phone conversation.
The phone call was conducted on the request of Russia, diplomatic sources told the Daily Sabah.
According to a written statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the ministers continued to exchange opinions on the current situation on Syria,
Both ministers agreed that military campaigns in Syria should stop and opposition groups should be separated from terrorist organizations, the statement added.
It was also stated that the foreign ministers underlined the importance of approving practical steps for the preparation of the planned meeting in Astana, which will take place upon the invitation of Kazakhstan’s government and in accordance with the UN Security Council decision on the political resolution process in Syria, as soon as possible.
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