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Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, Iran in April

The Turkish foreign ministry said Thursday (March 15th) the presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran will meet for a three-way summit on Syria in Istanbul on April 4th, AFP reported.

The meeting will be hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be the second such tripartite summit following one in November in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

The summit will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as the three leaders seek to salvage their efforts to end the conflict.

As part of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana sponsored by Ankara, Moscow and Tehran, the three countries' foreign ministers will meet on Friday to discuss preparations for next month's summit, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

As part of the Astana process, Turkey, Iran and Russia have set out to create four so-called de-escalation zones in Idlib, the greater Damascus area, the southern region of Daraa and the city of Homs.

Intense bombardment has continued in Eastern Ghouta, which was designated in May 2017 as a "de-escalation zone".

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