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News ID: 46480
Publish Date : 14 November 2017 - 21:36

Iranian Deputy FM Heads to Russia to Discuss Regional Issues


TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussein Jaberi Ansari started a trip to Russia on Tuesday to hold talks with senior officials of the country on various topics, including the latest developments in Syria.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, Jaberi Ansari left Tehran for Moscow to meet Russian officials and discuss Syrian developments and regional cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the Russian Federation.
The diplomat has been Iran’s top negotiator in the peace talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana aimed at ending the Syria crisis.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Sochi said, "The efforts jointly made by Russia, Iran and Turkey to settle the Syrian crisis are paying off.”
 "I would like to note with satisfaction that our joint work with Turkey and Iran as guarantors of the Astana process continues to yield concrete results.”

'The level of violence has certainly decreased and favorable conditions are being created for promoting intra-Syrian dialogue under the auspices of the UN,' Putin told reporters as Russia Today (RT) reported.
The 7th round of Syria peace talks brokered by Iran, Russia, and Turkey was held in Astana on October 30 and 31.
The fourth edition of the talks in May produced a memorandum of understanding on de-escalation zones in Syria, sharply reducing fighting in the country.
Diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria gained momentum in 2017 with the announcement of a ceasefire in the Arab country in early January.