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Astana Final Joint Statement reaffirms fight against ISIL
Astana Final Joint Statement reaffirms fight against ISIL
News ID: 3886557 – Tue 24 January 2017 – 17:33
http://en.mehrnews.com/news/122997/Astana-Final-Joint-Statement-reaffirms-fight-against-ISIL
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – The delegations of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, in line with the Joint
Statement of their Foreign Ministers made in Moscow, on December 20, 2016
and the UN Security Council resolution 2336.
The statement contains 13 points as follow:
I.Support launching the talks between the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic and the armed opposition groups in Astana on January 23‑24, 2017;
II.Appreciate the participation in and facilitation of the above-mentioned
talks by the UN Secretary-General Special Envoy on Syria;
III.Reaffirm their commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as a multi-ethnic,
multi-religious, non-sectarian and democratic State, as confirmed by the UN
Security Council;
IV.Express their conviction that there is no military solution to the Syrian
conflict and that it can only be solved through a political process based on
the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 2254 in its
entirety;
V.Will seek, through concrete steps and using their influence over the
parties, consolidation of the ceasefire regime established pursuant to the
arrangements signed on December 29, 2016 and supported by the UN Security
Council resolution 2336 (2016), contribution to minimizing violations,
reducing violence, building confidence, ensuring unhindered humanitarian
access swiftly and smoothly in line with the UN Security Council resolution
2165 (2014) and protection and free movement of civilians in Syria;
VI.Decide to establish a trilateral mechanism to observe and ensure full
compliance with the ceasefire, prevent any provocations and determine all
modalities of the ceasefire;
VII.Reiterate their determination to fight jointly against ISIL/DAESH and
Al-Nusra and to separate from them armed opposition groups;
VIII.Express their conviction that there is an urgent necessity to step up
efforts to jumpstart the negotiation process in accordance with the UN
Security Council resolution 2254;
IX.Emphasize that the International Meeting on Syria in Astana is an
effective platform for a direct dialogue between the government and the
opposition as required by the UN Security Council resolution 2254;
X.Support the willingness of the armed opposition groups to participate in
the next round of negotiations to be held between the government and the
opposition under the UN auspices in Geneva as of February 8, 2017;
XI.Urge all members of the international community to support the political
process with a view to swiftly implementing all steps agreed on the UN
Security Council resolution 2254;
XII.Decide to actively cooperate on the Astana platform on specific issues
of the UN-facilitated Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process so as to
contribute to global efforts to implement the UN Security Council resolution
2254;
XIII.Express gratitude to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, His
Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev, and to the Kazakh side in general, for
hosting the International Meeting on Syria in Astana.
SH/PS
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=72082
