He noted that this issue was discussed over the phone with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

“We proceed from the fact that the formation of the constitutional committee should be completed already this month and the beginning of its functioning is planned,” RIA Novosti quoted Bogdanov as saying.

Earlier it was reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during a telephone conversation discussed preparations for the summit of countries - guarantors of the Astana process.