23.11.15
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – High-ranking officials from Iran, Switzerland and Syria plan to hold a trilateral meeting in Tehran in the near future to discuss ways to help resolve Syria’s more than four-year-old conflict.
In a meeting between visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Swiss counterpart on Sunday, the two sides exchanged views on a range of issues, including the latest developments in war-hit Syria.
During the session, it was agreed that Iran, Switzerland and Syria hold trilateral talks on the Arab country’s crisis in Tehran.
Amir Abdollahian has paid an official visit to the Swiss city of Montreux to attend an annual meeting of the World Policy Conference (WPC).
The ranking Iranian diplomat was going to express Tehran’s stances on regional developments in a special meeting of the conference on the West Asia situation.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with Takfiri terrorists from various groups, including the ISIL, currently controlling parts of it.
According to the United Nations, more than 220,000 people have been killed and one million wounded during the conflict.
In the meantime, Iran has remained a close ally of Syria and supports its legitimate government in the face of foreign-backed militancy.