IRNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left the Russian capital, Moscow, for Tehran on Monday evening.


Zarif was in Moscow to take part in an international conference dubbed �Russia in Middle East: playing roles in all scenes� held on February 19-20 at Valdai Institute.

The Iranian foreign minister made a lecture at the international conference and elaborated Islamic Republic's stance on the regional and international developments.

The Valdai Discussion Club is a Moscow-based think tank which was established in 2004. It is named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the Club�s first meeting took place.

Zarif has left Munich for Moscow Sunday night to take part in the two-day event which brought together thinkers and officials from 30 countries to discuss various topics, including the situation in Syria in post-Daesh era, prospects of Palestine-Israel conflict, Yemen situation, mechanisms for helping Libya and de-escalation of regional conflicts.

The Iranian foreign minister and his accompanying delegation were in Munich to attend the 54th Munich Security Conference held from February 16-18 in the German city.