“All delegations arrived,” said the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Aybek Smadiyarov. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Bilateral and trilateral consultations will begin shortly, he added.

Earlier, Russian and Turkish defense ministers Sergei Shoigu and Hulusi Akar held a telephone conversation during which they discussed the situation in northern Syria as part of the implementation of the Russian-Turkish memorandum.