Russia says hopes Trump sends Mideast expert to Astana talks on Syria

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia hopes that the

administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will send a

Middle East expert to talks on the Syria conflict in the Kazakh

capital Astana later this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei

Lavrov said on Friday.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning; editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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