VIENNA, May 17 (MNA) � Iranian FM Zarif conferred Tue. with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the latest regional developments regarding the ceasefire and reaching a political process in Syria.


Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is currently in the Austrian capital Vienna to attend the meeting of the 17-member International Syria Support Group, held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday morning.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest developments regarding the restoration of a ceasefire across Syria, finding a way back to a political process, and the arrangements of the meeting of the International Syrian Support Group, which will convene in a few minutes in Vienna.

The underway�meeting is�co-chaired by the United States and Russia, and include European Union and Arab League countries as well as Turkey, Iran and China. The sides are expected to�hold negotiations with an aim to find ways for cessation of hostilities across the war-torn country and expedite delivery of humanitarian aid into besieged areas.

By Mehr News Agency