TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari met on Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss ties, Fars news agency reported.

Jaberi Ansari was in Moscow on Tuesday for talks with top Russian officials. He met his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov to discuss issues of mutual interest particularly developments in Syria.

The diplomat has been Iran’s top negotiator in the peace talks on the Syria conflict in Astana, the Kazakh capital.

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