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Syrian FM arrives in Tehran for talks

Xinhua, December 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem arrived in the capital Tehran on Saturday for talks on the recent developments in the Arab state, official IRNA news agency reported.

Muallem, accompanied by the head of the Syrian National Security Bureau of the Ba'ath Party Ali Mamlouk, will meet with the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, and the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the report said.

The meeting aims at reviewing the latest security and operational developments in the process of cooperation between two countries in fighting terrorism, the report said, adding that both countries will also negotiate on joint political measures to maintain truce in Syria and to prepare the ground to start inter-Syrian political talks.

Syrian government and opposition on Thursday reached a cease-fire agreement, as peace talks brokered by Turkey and Russia are due in Kazakhstan in January, in an attempt to find a final end to the conflict. Endit