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Russia, Syria defense ministers arrive in Iran for cooperation talks

Xinhua, June 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Defense ministers of Russia and Syria arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Thursday to discuss further cooperation.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and Syrian Defense Minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij will attend a trilateral meeting at the official invitation of their Iranian counterpart Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan.

The meeting is aimed at exchanging views on the latest regional development and the ways to strengthen the fight against terrorism.

The visiting ministers will also hold separate meetings with their Iranian counterpart and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

Iran and Russia have emerged as the major allies of the Syrian government in its struggle against the militant groups who are seeking the overthrow of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Since 2011, when the Syrian civil war began, more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and millions of the Syrians have been displaced from their homes. Endit