Head of the Press Service of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry Anuar Zhaynakov announced that heads of the delegations representing the three guarantor states of the Astana process on Syria will hold a meeting on Wednesday.

In statements to reporters, Zhaynakov said that the meeting will be held in presence of Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov.

The Russian delegation, headed by Presidential Envoy for Astana talks Alexander Lavrentiev, and the Iranian delegation, headed by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari, also held a meeting in the framework of third Astana meeting.

On Tuesday, the Syrian Arab Republic delegation to the third Astana meeting, headed by Bashar al-Jaafari, held meetings with the Russian and Iranian delegations, with al-Jaafari announcing in press statements following his second meeting with Lavrentiev that they discussed with the Russian delegation all the preparations to ensure the success of Astana 3 in order to guarantee that it will produce positive results that match the huge effort put in by Russia, Iran, and the Syrian government.