Russia talks Syria 'de-escalation' enforcement
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Russia's representative at Syrian peace talks in the capital of Kazakhstan has said that the details of how to enforce a "de-escalation" zone in Syria's northern province of Idlib have yet to be agreed.
Alexander Lavrentiev said Friday that the "mechanism and concrete locations (of a deployed force in Idlib) will be discussed," Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. Lavrentiev said that the force could consist of 500 soldiers from Russia, Turkey and Iran, the guarantors of the peace talks in Astana.
The establishment of Idlib's de-escalation zone, one of four agreed at the negotiations, was announced Friday by Turkey's Foreign Ministry. Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister said Friday that Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed to set up a co-ordination center to monitor the implementation of de-escalation zones.
