MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed preparations for an intra-Syrian meeting in Astana in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday.
"Preparations for an upcoming international meeting in Astana on a settlement in Syria were discussed," it said.
Putin and Nazarbayev also touched upon some aspects of Russian-Kazakh bilateral cooperation, it said.
The intra-Syrian negotiations between members of the Syrian government, opposition, and the UN are to be held in Astana on January 23.