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Akorda Presidential Residence on the embankment in Nur-Sultan. File photoALMA-ATA, June 15All delegations participating in the next round of talks on Syria have arrived in Nur-Sultan, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov told reporters.»All delegations participating in the Astana Process on Syria, have already arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan. This morning, negotiations began in bilateral and trilateral formats,» the Foreign Ministry spokesman said. According to him, the parties are discussing issues such as the situation «on the ground» in Syria, including humanitarian and social — the economic situation, the prospects for the resumption of the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva, confidence-building measures, the release of hostages and the search for missing persons, the creation of conditions for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.» afternoon. After the plenary, a press conference will be organized for all accredited media,» added Smad iyarov. Since 2011, an armed conflict has continued in Syria. Negotiations in Nur-Sultan, known as the «Astana format» (after the former name of the capital of Kazakhstan), have been ongoing since 2017, and in January 2018, the Syrian National Dialogue Congress was held in Sochi, which was the first attempt since the beginning of the conflict to gather on one negotiation platform wide range of participants. The main result of the congress was the decision to establish a constitutional committee, which operates in Geneva, its main task is to prepare constitutional reform. Russia's priorities, Lavrentiev said