Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan is ready to hold the next round of the Astana talks on Syria in Nur-Sultan after December 20, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi said.

"We have confirmed our readiness to host [the talks], to hold them after December 20. We have received an official note from the Russian side, now we are waiting for other sides to confirm," Tleuberdi told reporters.

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"Only then will we begin to officially send invitations to the meeting," he said.

Tleuberdi said Nur-Sultan can host both the Astana process and a meeting of the foreign ministers of guarantor countries - Russia, Turkey and Iran. (ANI/Sputnik)

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