Kazakhstan said on Thursday that participants at international Syrian reconciliation talks in Astana will work to agree on the maps and borders of de-escalation zones next week.

“In particular, the parties will work to harmonize the borders and maps of de-escalation zones, documents regulating the activities of de-escalation control forces, the provisions on a coordination center,” the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said ahead of the July 4-5 talks.

Russia, Turkey and Iran, the three guarantor states of the ceasefire in Syria, plan to adopt regulations on a detainee and prisoner release working group at international talks in Astana next week,  Foreign Ministry said.

“The guarantor countries intend to adopt a provision on a working group for the release of detainees/hostages, prisoners, the transfer of bodies of the deceased and the search for missing persons,” the ministry said in a statement.

The guarantor meanwhile, plan to meet one day ahead of international reconciliation talks in Astana for a joint working group session, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry stated.

“On the eve of the high-level meeting, the guarantor countries plan to convene a joint working group session on July 3,” according to the ministry.

“The parties plan to work out a joint statement on the humanitarian mine-clearing of the historical sites in Syria included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list,” the ministry added.

Source: Sputnik