Sputnik - Syrian armed opposition at Astana negotiations aims at reaching a lasting ceasefire, delegation head told Sputnik.


ASTANA (Sputnik)�� Syrian armed opposition at�Astana negotiations on�Syria aims at�reaching a lasting ceasefire, delegation head, Free Syrian Army Chief of�Staff Ahmed Berry, told Sputnik.


"We have arrived here to�reach crucial aims. First of�all, to�establish a ceasefire�� not a temporary, but�a lasting one," Berry said.


Another principal objective, he added, is an agreement on�detainees and prisoners release.

According to�Sputnik's source, participants to�the fifth international meeting on�Syria in�Astana, apart from�an agreement on�deescalation, will announce the final deal or prisoners release, which they have been developing at�the previous rounds.

The fifth international meeting on�Syria in�Astana takes place on�July 4-5, and brings together the delegations from�the three guarantor states�� Russia, Iran and Turkey�� as�well as�the Syrian sides and the United Nations teams. Jordan and the United States act as�observers.