A meeting on Syria in the Astana format (Iran, Russia, Türkiye) at the level of foreign ministers is anticipated in Qatar’s capital on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with noted US journalist Tucker Carlson, Report informs via TASS.

“This Astana format is a useful combination of players, if you wish. We are very much concerned. And when this happened, with Aleppo and its surroundings, I had a conversation with the Turkish minister of foreign affairs and with my Iranian colleague. We agreed to try to meet this week. Hopefully in Doha at the margins of this international conference,” the top Russian diplomat said.