Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA Iran will continue to support Syria, Foreign Ministry Deputy for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Saturday. He made the remark while talking to reporters after the third ministerial-level meeting of the International Support Group for Syria in New York. Saying that terrorist groups have no place ...

United Nations Security Council has approved Syria peace process resolution on Friday to pave the way for the establishment of inclusive and non-sectarian government in Syria. The resolution, adopted on Friday, calls for Syrian peace talks on a transitional government to begin in early January. It also calls for a nationwide ceasefire in the war-torn ...

New York, Dec 19, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met UN officials as well as foreign counterparts discussing with them Syrian crisis, counter terrorism measures and nuclear agreement. The Iranian top diplomat, who is in New York to take part in the Syria peace process talks, met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his deputy Jan Eliasson....

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov said that a UN Security Council resolution on the Syria reconciliation process should be agreed on later on Friday. A UN Security Council resolution onthe Syria reconciliation process should be agreed onlater onFriday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov told reporters. "Yes, it will ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there seems to be no agreement on two major issues ahead of UN-brokered negotiations on theSyriaconflict in New York. Tehran has seen no lists we can agree upon ofSyrian opposition groups that should be included in peace negotiations planned for January 1, 2016, he told the Associated Press. Card-...

New York, Dec 17, IRNA Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Syrian people should decide their own destinies and future without preconditions and free from foreign influences. He made the remarks while talking to reporters late Wednesday local time upon arrival in New York. He said it was the right of every single individual ...

Tehran, Dec 16, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for New York on Wednesday afternoon to attend talks on resolving Syrian dilemma. The one-day gathering will be the third round of talks on resolving the Syrian crisis. Major global powers are to attend the event on resolving the Syrian crisis in New York on Friday. By ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed that Syria talks will resume in New York City on Friday, adding that he and US Secretary of State John Kerry are finding common ground. The New York talks had previously been up in the air, as it was unclear whether Washington would meet Moscow's preconditions over the role of Syrian President ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the next round of talks to resolve the years-old crisis in Syria will be held in New York this month. "The governments involved are going to meet later in this month in New York in order to continue to move this process forward," Kerry said on Saturday in a speech to the Brookings Institution in Washington....