28 Mar 2024
Saturday 31 December 2016 - 13:17
Story Code : 245035

Syria’s FM to visit Iran Saturday

Tasnim- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is scheduled to pay a visit to Iran on Saturday while diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria have gained momentum in recent days with the announcement of a ceasefire in the Arab country.





Muallem will hold talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in the visit to Tehran.

It comes after announcement of a ceasefire in Syria, negotiated between Russia, Iran, Turkey, the Damascus government and the Syrian opposition.

The truce explicitly excludes groups deemed by the United Nations Security Council as "terrorists." This rules out Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria that used to be known as Jabhat al-Nusra.

The truce will be followed by a new round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh, currently controlling parts of it.

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