Iran announced on Monday that it will “soon” hold a summit with Russia and Turkey on Syria.
Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi revealed that the meeting will include the leaders of the guarantor states of the Astana peace talks on Syria.
The summit will be held via videoconference and its date will be set during Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif’s ongoing visit to Ankara, he added, according to Iranian media.
Zarif is expected in Moscow on Tuesday.
The visit, said Mousavi, stems from the need to hold diplomatic talks between Tehran, Ankara and Moscow on Syria.
The announcement came shortly after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu postponed at the last minute a scheduled visit to Turkey where they were set to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Libya.
Diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the visit was delayed due to “deep differences” between Russia and Turkey on the Libyan crisis.
