MOSCOW: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Syrian peace talks sponsored by Tehran, Moscow and Ankara would continue in Kazakhstan without specifying a date for the next round.
Rouhani, who was speaking after wrapping up two days of talks in Moscow, said he had discussed the situation in Syria and Yemen with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin hailed the two countries’ role in ensuring peace in Syria, where both Russia and Iran have shored up Assad. A joint statement said that cooperation between Iran, Russia and Turkey to bring the Syrian regime and armed opposition to the negotiating table was “an important step on the road to the success of the Geneva negotiations.”
Rouhani said that Moscow and Tehran had “begun effective cooperation” in countering “terrorists” in Syria, in a speech at Moscow State University where he was granted an honorary doctorate.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch airstrikes against militants in Syria on a “case by case basis.”
Rouhani, who was speaking after wrapping up two days of talks in Moscow, said he had discussed the situation in Syria and Yemen with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin hailed the two countries’ role in ensuring peace in Syria, where both Russia and Iran have shored up Assad. A joint statement said that cooperation between Iran, Russia and Turkey to bring the Syrian regime and armed opposition to the negotiating table was “an important step on the road to the success of the Geneva negotiations.”
Rouhani said that Moscow and Tehran had “begun effective cooperation” in countering “terrorists” in Syria, in a speech at Moscow State University where he was granted an honorary doctorate.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch airstrikes against militants in Syria on a “case by case basis.”
