Russia, Iran and Turkey are combining maps drawn up in order to separate the Syrian opposition groups frim terrorists, said Alexander Lavrentyev, Russian Special Presidential Representative for settling the Syrian crisis and head of the Russian delegation to the Astana talks.

According to him, the separation issue is particularly important. "The work on it has been in progress for quite a long time already," the Russian diplomat noted. "We have received rather detailed information from both Turkey and Iran, so now we are combining maps indicating the areas controlled by the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra (both terror groups outlawed in Russia)."