TEHRAN, February 6 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed Syrian developments in a phone call.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - They conferred on implementing decisions taken in Syrian Congress of National Dialogue, Inter-Fax reported.
The congress was hosted by Russia in the resort city of Sochi on January 29 and 30, 2018, with delegates from the Syrian government and opposition in attendance.
Earlier on Tuesday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the opposition of their respective countries to the presence of foreign forces in Syria without the consent of the Syrian government and nation.
Presidents Rouhani and Putin held a telephone conversation on Tuesday, discussing a range of topics, mainly Syria.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is opposed to the presence of foreign forces on Syrian soil without the permission of the [Arab] country’s government and nation,” the Iranian president said.