TASS - President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen said before negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will discuss with him relations between the two countries and the Iranian issue. Van der Bellen is staying in Sochi on a working visit on Wednesday. "I am eagerly waiting for todays negotiations with Vladimir Putin. The issues ...

Press TV - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the country is not after military confrontation with Iran, a statement running counter to Washingtons military buildup in the Persian Gulf. "We fundamentally do not seek a war with Iran," Pompeo said in Sochi during his visit to Russia on Tuesday. The former CIA chief further repeated Washingtons ...

MNA - President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to leave Tehran for Sochi, Russia, on Thursday (Feb. 14) upon the official invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rouhani is set to attend a trilateral meeting with Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Syria on the same day. According to TASS, the upcoming meeting will focus ...

TASS - The Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on the Syrian settlement will be held on February 14 in Sochi, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday in an interview with Hurriyet newspaper. "The trilateral summit Russia-Iran-Turkey will take place in Sochi on February 14 again," the Turkish foreign minister said. According to TV channel ...

IRNA - The Syrian delegation to the tenth round of Astana format meeting headed by Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari held a meeting in Sochi on Monday with the Russian delegation headed by Russian Presidents Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev. Later, the Syrian Arab Republic delegation also held a meeting in Sochi with the Iranian delegation, headed ...

TASS - Representatives of the guarantor nations for the Syrian ceasefire (Russia, Iran and Turkey) will meet in Sochi on Monday to discuss issues regarding the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, the situation in de-escalation zones, as well as humanitarian items on the agenda, including strengthening trust measures and returning Syrian ...

IRNA The ninth meeting of high-rank security authorities kicked off in Sochi, Russia, with the presence of Iran on Wednesday and with representatives from all five continents. The first day agenda of the meeting includes international crises from confrontation to dialogue and evolution of tactics and strategies of international terrorist organizations....

MNA Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Irans SNSC arrived in Sochi of Russia where he is slated to attend the 9th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues. To take part in the 9th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National ...

January 21, The Iran Project - Irans Foreign Minister's Special Assistant in Political Affairs and senior negotiator at Astana talks Hossein Jaberi Ansari, on Jan. 19 left Tehran for Moscow to attend talks on Syria in Sochi. While in Moscow, Jaberi Ansari held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Putins Special Envoy to SyriaAlexanderLavrentiev....

IRNA- A Syrian delegate participating in the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi described the meetings as 'sucsessful' and calld for follow-up forums. 'The congress in Sochi was successful from all points of view. This conference brought about the dialogue that we needed so much,' Safwan al-Qudsi told reporters on Wednesday. 'We have taken ...

IRNA | AFP- The Syrian National Dialogue Congress has kicked off in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. The opening of the Congress was delayed as group of armed opposition members arriving from Turkey had set preconditions for their participation. The main activities will take place at the Olympic Park media center during the day. Russian Foreign ...

Sputnik- Only Syria's people may determine the country's future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message to the Syrian national dialogue congress, which officially opened in the southern Russian resort of Sochi. "Jointly with the partners in the Astana process Iran and Turkey, influential Arab states, Syria's neighbors, we tried to make ...

TASS- The Syrian National Dialogue Congress has kicked off in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, a TASS correspondent reports. The opening of the Congress was delayed as group of armed opposition members arriving from Turkey had set preconditions for their participation. The main activities will take place at the Olympic Park media center during ...

RT- Sochi is hosting a forum on Syrias future, bringing together representatives of the countrys various social strata. The Congress is expected to boost the peace process and kick-start efforts to draft a new constitution. The Syrian National Dialogue Congress is to start in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Monday. The event is expected to last ...

FNA- Senior Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari travelled to Sochi, Russia, to discuss mutual cooperation and regional developments with senior Russian officials. Jaberi Ansari, Iran's senior negotiator in Astana talks will also attend the Syrian National Dialogue Congress slated fore Monday and Tuesday. The Sochi ...

TASS- The bulk of the delegates to the Syrian National Dialogue Congress scheduled for January 30 will arrive in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday. The meeting in Russia will be a continuation of Moscows efforts aimed at restoring civilian life in Syria and will bring together over 1,500 people. According to the forums organizers, ...

IRNA The ninth Syria peace talks, which started in Vienna on Thursday, ended while the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue is slated for January 29-30 in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria talked of the Sochi dialogue, which is for the purpose of solving the Syrian crisis, saying, 'Invitations ...

IFP- Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has held talks with Alexander Lavrentiev, the Russian presidents special envoy for Syria. During the Saturday meeting in Sochi, the two diplomats conferred on the agenda of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress. They also discussed arrangements for holding ...

MNA Irans delegation led by Vice-President Jahangiri will take part in the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations member-states in Sochi on Nov. 30-Dec. 1. During the summit held in Russian city of Sochi from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, Iranian Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri will deliver a speech on ...

The Guardian | Patrick Wintour : Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran to meet in Sochi to push ceasefire and constitution plan as Assads opponents convene in Riyadh With a flurry of diplomatic activity, two separate summits on Syria are to be staged this week to put decisive pressure on both sides to end the civil war and thrash out a new constitution ...