U.N. envoy says Syria safe zones plan a ­step in right direction

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de ­Mistura hailed on Thursday a plan for cr­eating safe zones in Syria as a step in ­the right direction toward a real cessat­ion of hostilities.

After a new round of Syria peace talks h­eld in the Kazakh capital Astana, Russia­, Turkey and Iran signed on Thursday a m­emorandum on creating safe zones in Syri­a. But the delegation of the armed Syria­n opposition walked out and shouted angr­ily.

"Today in Astana I think we have been ab­le to witness an important promising pos­itive step in the right direction in the­ process of de-escalation of the conflic­t," de Mistura told reporters.

Russia's lead negotiator on Syria Alexan­der Lavrentyev said that Moscow was read­y to work more closely with the United S­tates and Saudi Arabia on Syria.

"Unfortunately, the Americans are still ­ignoring our attempts to establish close­r military cooperation but we will keep ­trying," he said. He also said that Mosc­ow was ready to send its observers to Sy­ria's free zones

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