Algeria Fully Supports Astana Process Format On Syrian Crisis Settlement -Foreign Minister

Algeria fully supports the Astana format negotiations on the Syrian settlement, Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel said on Thursday

ALGIERS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th January, 2019) Algeria fully supports the Astana format negotiations on the Syrian settlement, Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel said on Thursday.

"We discussed such crises as the Syrian crisis, [the one] between Israel and Palestine, as well as the consequences that it causes throughout the region ... On Syria, we support the Astana process and call for the implementation of all resolutions on the Syrian dossier, and we call for the implementation of the decisions taken on the Palestinian-Israeli settlement," Messahel said at a joint press conference after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Syria has been devastated by years of violent civil war that has prompted millions to flee hostilities to other locations within the country or abroad. The international community has taken efforts to settle the conflict by conducting political settlement talks in Geneva. The Astana talks have also been an important part of international efforts aimed to settle the conflict in Syria. It is during the Astana talks that the memorandum on the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria was signed in 2017.