Al-Manar- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received on Monday Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

Al-Manar correspondent in Tehran reported that Zarif and Mekdad tackled latest developments in Syria.

Heading a Syrian delegation, Mekdad arrived in Tehran on Monday. His visit is made upon the official invitation of Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, IRNA news agency reported.

Mekdad is to attend the joint political committee session, which Tehran and Damascus agreed to establish during the recent visit of Ansari to Syria.