Tuesday 29 October 2019
Lavrov, Zarif, Cavusoglu in Geneva for Astana Meeting
Keywords: Iran, Kurds, Russia, Switzerland, Syria, Syrian Conflict, Turkey, Video
GENEVA (Ruptly) — Foreign Ministers from Turkey, Iran and Russia arrived on the eve of the first meeting of Syria’s Constitutional Committee in Geneva on Tuesday.
“We hope that the process will be finalised now and peace and stability arrives in the region”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters, adding, “We would like to bring the permanent peace and stability to Syria, all our efforts are in this direction.
Cavusoglu also touched down on the ceasefire in Northern Syria ,telling reporters “which extension do you mean? We just pause and halt the operation. Ceasefire happens between two legitimate states, not ceasefire between government or state and a terrorist organisation.”