President Rouhani welcomed the initiative for attending a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in mid-January in the Kazakh capital city, Astana, to discuss the developments in Syria and make efforts to arrive at an agreement about the future of the war-stricken country.
Last week, the Russian foreign ministry announced that the Kazakh trilateral meeting will be held with the participation the three heads of states of Russia, Iran and Turkey.