Thu Jan 28, 2016 15:26:46
Russia said on Thursday it wanted to hold an international meeting on Syria — including key players from the West and the Middle East — in Munich next month.
“There is an agreement in principle between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry, and now we will propose to all the other participants of the international Syria support group a time and place — Munich, February 11,” state news agency TASS quoted deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying, AFP reported.
Syria has been gripped by a foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The conflict has reportedly claimed the lives of over 260,000 people and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or without its borders.
Iranian Deputy FM Amir-Abdollahian and Bogdanov also discussed the situation in Lebanon, Yemen, and the Persian Gulf region.
The Iranian diplomat Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for consultations with Russian officials on regional issues.
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