MOSCOW. Jan 18 (Interfax) - A delegation of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to the Astana negotiations, which is led by Deputy Special Envoy Ramzy Ramzy, seeks to promote a ceasefire across Syria and to prepare the parties for intra-Syrian negotiations due in Geneva in February, de Mistura's aide Michael Contet told Interfax.
Ramzy Ramzy will be visiting Astana together with Robert Dunn, political director from de Mistura's office, he said.
The delegation will provide technical support to the Astana negotiations, will facilitate consolidation of the participants for spreading the ceasefire regime across Syria, and will help prepare the parties for the intra-Syrian negotiations due in Geneva in February, Contet said.