Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino underlined Iran’s important role in settling the crisis in Syria, and called for Tehran’s presence in the Geneva II conference on Syria on January 22.
“All countries present in the region should be present (in the Geneva II conference) to overcome the tragedy in Syria and we declare our position firmly that we call for Iran’s positive presence in the conference,” Bonino said in a joint press conference in Tehran on Sunday, according to FNA.
She underscored Iran’s key role in solving the regional problems, and said the EU is due to study Tehran’s positive influence on the crisis in Syria n the next few days.
Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad JavadZarif underlined that Iran is ready to take part in the upcoming Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis “without any preconditions”.
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