Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed issues of mutual interest with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday.
Iranian Labour News Agency
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed issues of mutual interest with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday.
Chairman of the Expediency Council's Strategic Research Center, Ali-Akbar Velayati, says Iran's opposition to US presence in Astana meeting had been in coordination with Syrian government.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and Turkey issued on Tuesday a joint-statement to put an end to current conflicts between Syrian government and political groups.
The third joint meeting of Iran, Russia and Turkey with the focus on Syrian negotiations was held on Monday evening in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Parties to the Syrian peace talks in Astana have yet to agree on face-to-face meetings between the delegations of the Damascus government and rebel groups, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko said on Monday.
Iranian delegation held separate meetings with Russian and Turkish delegations in Astana, Kazakhstan, and discussed the latest developments and Astana meeting programs.
Iranian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari arrived in the Kazakh capital on Saturday to attend the Syria talks.
Russian foreign minister and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad javad Zarif discussed in a phone call on Monday the situation in Syria and the preparation for intra-Syrian peace talks in Astana.
Russia and Iran have agreed to maintain close dialogue ahead of the forthcoming talks on the Syrian settlement in Kazakhstan’s Astana, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday after today’s meeting between Russian president’s envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari, TASS reported.