Iran, Russia exchange views on Syrian developments

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.
According to IRNA, 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.
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 country’s crisis through diplomatic and democratic ways.
Amir-Abdollahian, for his part highlighted Iran’s stand on regional developments and Syria in particular and underlined that the Syrian crisis 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.