Astana Peace Talks

Lavrov,Cavusoglu discuss holding new Astana meeting on Syria

MOSCOW, Nov.10 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed during a telephone conversation with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu preparations for a new meeting within the framework of the Astana platform.

Iran, Russia discuss developments in Syria, Yemen

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Iranian and Russian high-ranking delegations met in Tehran on Monday and conferred on the latest developments in Syria and Yemen.

US’s stance on Iran’s presence in Syria doomed to failure: Jaberi Ansari

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Special Assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister in Political Affairs says that stances of some countries, including the US on Iran’s presence in Syria are ineffective and are doomed to failure.

Nazarbayev:

Kazakhstan to exert efforts for solving crisis in Syria

ASTANA, Oct. 10 (MNA) – President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed his country’s readiness to continue working towards resolving international issues, including the crisis in Syria.

Lavrov:

Russia agrees with Slovakia on political solution to Syrian crisis

MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that his country and Slovakia agree on the political solution to the crisis in Syria.

Larijani lauds Kazakhstan's role in preserving peace in region

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and his Kazakh counterpart, Nurlan Nigmatulin, met on Tuesday on the sidelines of the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments in Antalya, Turkey.

Nazarbayev affirms effectiveness of Astana talks to solve Syrian crisis

MOSCOW, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has confirmed the effectiveness of the Astana meetings to settle the crisis in Syria.

Bogdanov:

Agreement on Idlib measure, all Syrian territory must be liberated from terrorism

MOSCOW, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Special Representative of the Russian President, Deputy FM Mikhail Bogdanov said that the agreement on Idlib is temporary because the goal is to liberate all Syrian territory from any presence of terrorists.

Khoshroo:

Three guarantor states determined to eliminate all terrorists

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN said that Iran, Russia and Turkey, as three guarantor states, are determined to continue cooperation to eliminate all terrorists.

Regional mechanisms to solve regional problems: Tehran summit proves

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei said on Saturday that the Tehran trilateral summit on Syria proved that mechanisms of regionalism are the efficient ways to solve regional problems.

Putin hails Tehran summit as a friendly environment for peace in Syria

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Russian President Putin said at the joint press conference at the end of the Tehran trilateral summit that the talks in Tehran were conducted at a friendly environment and addressed key issues.

FM Zarif, Turkish counterpart Cavusoglu meet before trilateral summit

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu met in Tehran on Friday an hour before the start of the trilateral summit.

Hatami says Syria victories still halfway, calls for continuation of operations

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami said victories against terrorists in Syria are only halfway, calling for continuation of operations in the war-torn country in full coordination among various forces.

Zarif:

Efforts underway to ensure exit of terrorists from Idlib with least human cost

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammd Javad Zarif said Tue. that he recently visited Turkey and Syria’s capitals to secure the removal of terrorists from Idlib province with least human cost.

Zarif says terrorist groups must leave Syria's Idlib

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Mon. that Syria is putting an end to terrorism, stressing that all remaining terror groups, including Tahrir al-Sham, must leave Idlib province.

Iran's envoy:

Idlib to dominate discussions in Syria summit in Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to Turkey said that the tripartite meeting between Rouhani, Erdogan and Putin, which is slated to be held in Iranian city of Tabriz Sep. 7, will focus on the situation of Syrian Idlib province.

Iran, Turkey, Russia presidents to meet in northwestern city of Tabriz

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – The provincial governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan said Tue. that the tripartite meeting between Rouhani, Erdogan and Putin will be held in Tabriz.

Hatami: Victory over terrorism in Syria deepens regional peace, security

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Amir Hatami stressed that the situation in Syria is much more better than what it used to be over the previous years and that the victory over terrorism in it has further deepened peace and stability in all regional states.

Turkey's Erdoğan to visit Iran on Sept. 7

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Iran on Sept 7, his office said on Monday, on a trip expected to include a three-way summit with Russian and Iranian leaders.

Taliban to attend Afghan peace talks in Moscow: spokesman

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mujahid reaffirmed that the group will attend the Afghan peace talks in Moscow next month.

Lavrov says efforts underway to eradicate terrorism in Syria

MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that efforts must be carried through to achieve a political settlement to the crisis in Syria and a complete elimination of terrorism in it.

Russia respects Iran pro-security presence in Syria

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reassured on Thursday that Iran’s presence in Syria is at the invitation of this country’s lawful government and Russia treats with great respect Iran’s steps to provide its own security.

With Iran, Turkey we defeated terrorists in Syria: Lavrov

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted while Iran, Turkey and Russia held different stances, finally they managed to eliminate terrorists in Syria and now eliminating Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization is the main task.

Al-Jaafari:

10th Astana talks fruitful,displaced Syrians’ return to their homeland

SOCHI, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Head of Syrian delegation to the 10th round of Astana meeting in Sochi, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, stressed that this round of talks has been fruitful and yielded significant results, particularly the discussion of the displaced Syrians’ return to their homeland.

Lavrentiev:

Moscow acts openly on Syrian settlement

SOCHI, Aug. 01 (MNA) –The summit of the Syrian guarantor states - Russia, Turkey and Iran - is likely to take place after the meeting of the Russian, Turkish, German and French leaders scheduled for September 7, Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev told.

Russian envoy:

Iran plays very important role in fighting terrorism in Syria

TEL AVIV, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Russia cannot force Iran to leave Syria where his presence is in line with the international law and plays an important role for combating terrorism in the country, Russian Ambassador to occupied territories Anatoly Viktorov told the Channel Ten broadcaster on Monday.

Reps. of Astana format guarantor states meet in Sochi for 2nd time

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Senior diplomats from Iran, Turkey, and Russia held their second trilateral meeting in Sochi on Tue., prior to the general assembly of the international conference on peace in Syria in the afternoon.

Lavrentiev:

Astana talks discussed return of displaced Syrians to their home

SOCHI, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Russia’s Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev said on Monday that talks of the 10th round of Astana format in Sochi run according to schedule as delegations discussed the return of displaced Syrians to their home.

Iranian envoy to Syrian peace talks arrives in Sochi

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Special Envoy of Iran for Syrian Peace talks, arrived in Russian port city of Sochi to attend the two-day International Syria Peace Conference