Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has arrived in Tehran to hold talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and other Iranian officials.
Muallem arrived in Tehran on Saturday and is also expected to meet with Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili.
The issue of the crisis in Syria is expected to be the major focus of the talks.
Unrest has gripped Syria for nearly two years and clashes continue between the Syrian army and the foreign-backed militant groups.
Many people, including large numbers of Syrian army and security personnel, have been killed in the turmoil.
In an interview recently broadcast on German television, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the government did not start the conflict and the militant groups were the ones killing Syrian citizens and destroying the country’s infrastructure.
Several international human rights organizations have also accused the militants of committing war crimes. – See more at: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/02/291540/syrias-fm-arrives-in-iran-for-talks/#sthash.Nawc7vlj.dpuf
