国际英语资讯:Astana, other peace processes fail due to Damascus: U.S. envoy_时事

国际英语资讯:Astana, other peace processes fail due to Damascus: U.S. envoy

Jeffrey was referring to a recent round of Astana talks last week which failed to form a Syria constitutional committee.

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, criticized Jeffrey's statement, saying it was "wrongful" and "unfortunate."

"If the ceasefire in Syria is still preserved even due to violations, if today we can still talk about a political process, if we discuss about the constitutional committee, there are achieved thanks to Astana process and Sochi," Cavusoglu said on Dec. 5.

He noted that Turkey never allowed Astana and Sochi platforms to become an alternative to Geneva process.

The Astana process was launched by Russia, Iran and Turkey in the Kazakh capital Astana in January 2017 to bring all warring parties in the Syrian conflict to the table to find a political solution as a complementary part of the UN sponsored peace talks in Geneva.

The most significant outcome was the establishment of four de-escalation zones in Syria.

Idlib, the last stronghold of the opposition, is one of the "de-escalation zones" in Syria. The other three have all been violated.

The Russian-sponsored Sochi conference in January, 2018 brought the opposition groups, Syrian regime and guarantors of Astana process together.

A decision was taken to form a committee to make a Syrian constitution with the efforts of UN special envoy for Syria, but he was not able to realize the committee mainly by the objection of the Syrian government.