Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian conferred on Wednesday with his Russian Counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov on latest developments in the region mainly in Syria.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Bogdanov is now in Tehran at the official invitation of Iran’s deputy foreign minister for the Arab and African affairs to discuss regional developments, according to IRNA.
The Russian official praised the vital role of Iran in restoring stability and security of the region and called for continued negotiations between the two sides.
Elaborating Moscow’s stand on Syria, he referred to recent visit of Egypt president to Moscow and the country’s initiatives on Syrian developments.
He expressed the hope that the trilateral meeting between Iran, Egypt and Turkey on Syrian developments to bear fruits and help halt meddling of foreign countries in Syria and all witness end of the crisis in the country through diplomatic and democratic ways.
“Assessment of the Iranian counterpart on regional developments will leave curial impacts on Russia prior to adopting any policy and that such talks between the two sides will continue in Moscow.”
Amir-Abdollahian, for his part highlighted Iran’s stand on regional developments and Syria, in particular and underlined that this should be resolved through political means and national dialogue and voiced Tehran’s readiness to help resolve the issue.
The two officials also reviewed regional developments in Iraq, Bahrain, Palestine and Egypt.
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