Russia insists on Iran’s participation in Geneva-2 – Russian Deputy FM

Iran must take part in the Geneva-2 peace conference on Syria, but no such agreement has been reached thus far, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov.

“Additional negotiations are to be held with the external players who will attend,” Gatilov told reporters on Monday,according to Voice of Russia.

Russia thinks Iran’s participation is necessary, but this prospect has yet to be discussed, he said.

According to Gatilov, not all the representatives from the Syrian “opposition” are ready to participate in the Geneva-2 peace conference.

“Certainty not yet,” Gatilov told reporters when asked whether all Syrian “opposition” representatives were ready to participate in the conference.

Another trilateral Russia-US-UN meeting to prepare the peace conference is scheduled for late December, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said.

“We have agreed that another trilateral meeting will be held in late December, during which we will continue to accord further all issues,” Gatilov told reporters.

M.D