High-ranking Syrian and Russian diplomats have met in Geneva to discuss issues related to the talks between the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition. On Wednesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walidal-Muallem and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov held a joint press conference at the Hotel de la Paix in Geneva after the meeting....

[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="180"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- A trilateral Russia-US-UN meeting on preparing the Geneva 2 international conference on Syria could be held on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said. It is possible that a trilateral meeting ...

Tehran, Jan 11, IRNA Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov announced that the US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will decide about Iran?s participation in the Geneva II conference in an upcoming meeting in France. Speaking after his meeting with US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, Gatilov said,...

Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov says the US opposition to Irans participation in the upcoming international conference on Syria is illogical. Gatilov made the remarks on Friday following a tripartite meeting in Geneva with the US and the UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. We are certain that Iran participation ...

[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="180"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] Moscow, Dec 20, IRNA -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov underlined that Iran should play an active role in the upcoming talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent US Security Council members plus Germany)....

[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="180"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] Russia says it will provide material and technical support to transport Syrias chemical weapons to the place of destruction, but it will not participate in the annihilation process of the arsenals. At this stage, we would confine ...

[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="180"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has underlined the necessity of Iran's participation in the long-awaited Geneva II peace conference on Syria. We remain convinced that Iran's participation would be necessary and ...

[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="168"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] Russia has once again called for Irans participation in the Geneva II conference on Syria, describing the Islamic Republic as a key regional player that can contribute to the settlement of the conflict in the Middle Eastern country....

Russia has rejected the opposition of certain countries to Irans participation in the Geneva II conference, describing Tehran as an important regional player that can contribute to the settlement of the crisis in Syria. We find such an approach (opposition to Irans participation) absolutely unacceptable, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The United Nations Security Council is about two days away from agreeing on a resolution to require Damascus to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, a senior Russian foreign ministry official. Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Wednesday that the text of the resolution will include a reference to Chapter ...

Russia says the permanent members of the UN Security Council, long at odds over a resolution on Syria, are likely to adopt a resolution in the next two days. Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Wednesday that the document will include a reference to Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which authorizes military intervention in Syria....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov Friday said Moscow will oppose any resolution of the (UNSC), which may be used for force actions against Syria. Russia is against any resolution of the UNSC, which may contain an option for use of force, Gatilov said. At this stage it is necessary to do everything possible in order ...

A high-ranking Russian official has described Iran as an important regional player that can greatly contribute to the settlement of the Syrian conflict, voicing Moscows eagerness for Irans presence in the upcoming Geneva 2 conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria. In an exclusive interview with the Interfax news agency on Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign ...

(Reuters) -Russiacriticised on Thursday a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to tighten sanctions againstIran, saying it would not help resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. "Additional sanctions are actually aimed at the economic strangulation ofIran, but not at solving the problem of non-proliferation," Deputy Foreign Minister ...

A high-ranking Russian official says Moscow is strongly opposed to a repetition of the Libya scenario in Syria and believes that representatives of all Syrian parties, as well as neighboring countries and Iran, should attend the upcoming Geneva talks on the Syrian crisis. In an exclusive interview with the Arabic-language network Rusiya al-Yaum on ...