Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov agreed that coordinated international efforts are needed to counter terrorist threats, in particular the ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other extremist groups in the region.
'The sides exchanged views on pressing issues of the regional agenda with a focus on the Syrian and Yemeni settlement,' the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
'The sides agreed that coordinated international efforts are needed to counter terrorist threat, in particular the Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and other extremist groups.'
'They called for the soonest launch of the negotiating process between the Syrian government and a wide spectrum of the Syrian opposition on the basis of the Geneva Communique of June 30, 2012 and with efficient international support, in line with the Vienna statement of October 30,' read the statement.
Amir-Abollahian and Bogdanov, who had talked over the phone on Monday, stressed the importance of further coordination between the two countries in regional affairs, including in the Vienna format of the group of Syria’s friends, the ministry said.
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Moscow, Nov 10, IRNA – Iranian and Russian top diplomats met here on Tuesday conferring settlement of the crises in Syria and Yemen, official sources said.
