TEHRAN, August 22 - The next round of Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana may be held in mid-September, the Khazal Foreign Ministry said.
The death of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in an American drone strike Friday evening almost derailed the government's plan to hold peace talks with Taliban militants.
President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with visiting UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that Syrians alone will decide on the fate of an initiative for Geneva peace talks.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi welcomes direct peace talks between leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan as Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on an official visit to Islamabad.