The Action Group for Syria will convene a ministerial meeting at 11:00 a.m. (0900 GMT) Saturday in Geneva, according to a confirmed schedule issued by the United Nations Information Service of Geneva.

The meeting is to last till Saturday afternoon and is expected to make a declaration on next steps to resolve the 16-month-long Syrian conflict.

Foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain - will attend the meeting along with counterparts from regional powers Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will be present at the meeting.