Turkish presidential spokesman: Russia-backed Syrian peace congress postponed
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ISTANBUL - A Russian-sponsored Syrian peace congress scheduled for November 18 has been postponed and the main Syrian Kurdish group will not be invited if it is held later after objections by Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Sunday.
Asked for comment, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman referred to her regular weekly briefing on Thursday in which she said Moscow was working on "dates, venue, the participants' lineup". The list of expected participants, which included the Kurds, has since been deleted from the ministry's website.
"Russia told us that the meeting has now been postponed and that the Kurdish PYD party will not be invited," Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, told broadcaster NTV in an interview.
