Iran’s Zarif to Go to Moscow for Ministerial Meeting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to Moscow this week for a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Syrian counterparts, a spokesman said.
According to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, Zarif is scheduled to travel to Russia on Friday.
News of the trilateral meeting had been already announced by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
The gathering will come against a backdrop of a recent US attack on Syria.
On Friday, the US launched a missile attack on the Syrian government’s Shayrat Airfield near Homs with 59 Tomahawk missiles under the pretext that Damascus had launched a chemical attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), controlling parts of it.
Meanwhile, Iran and Russia have formed an alliance in the fight against terrorists, with both supporting the Damascus government against foreign-backed militancy.