ASTANA (Sputnik) — Earlier on Monday, the first meeting of the Syria ceasefire regime monitoring joint task force (JTF), bringing together experts from Russia, Iran and Turkey, concluded in the Kazakh capital.
"During the meeting, we discussed the implementation of the ceasefire regime [in Syria]. The violations still occur, but their number has decreased significantly, and we agreed to continue work on this issue to stop these violations and provocations completely," Gadzhimagomedov, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate, told reporters in Astana.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in December that the Syrian government and armed opposition groups had reached an agreement on a nationwide ceasefire in Syria and on readiness to start peace talks.
