Astana to host next round of Syria peace talks on June 12-13: RIA

By Reuters Staff

FILE PHOTO - General view during a meeting of a delegation of Syria's main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) with UN Special Envoy for Syria during peace talks at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Switzerland, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The next round of Syria peace talks will be held in the Kazakh capital of Astana on June 12-13, RIA news agency quoted the Syrian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Saturday.

“We have received an invitation to participate in talks in Astana, which will take place on 12-13 of this month,” RIA quoted Ambassador Riad Haddad as saying.

Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Edmund Blair

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