De Mistura to meet with representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey

A meeting between representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey, the three guarantor states on Syria, with UN Secretary-General Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura will take place in early September, Russian presidential special envoy for the Middle East and Africa and deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov said.

"There will be a Geneva meeting between the representatives of the three guarantors of the Astana process - Russia, Iran and Turkey - and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura," the senior Russian diplomat said.

"The meeting will be held before the United Nations General Assembly kicks off, on September 10-15, but no specific date has been determined so far. We seek to actively assist de Mistura, so we will discuss the establishment of a Syrian constitutional committee," TASS cited Bogdanov as saying.