Head of Iran’s diplomatic team in the latest round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the rebel groups in the Kazakh city of Astana hailed a “calmer and more conciliatory” atmosphere in the peace talks than the previous round.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari deplored double standard approaches to the issue of human rights, describing as absurd moves by the Saudi and Israeli regimes in terms of UN human rights resolutions.
A senior Iranian diplomat says Saudi Arabia’s recent deadly airstrike on a funeral hall in Yemen proves Riyadh’s failed and futile policy on Yemen and the entire region.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura highlighted Iran’s influential role in the Middle East region and its efforts to help resolve the protracted war in Syria.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who is on an official visit to Switzerland, held talks with senior officials of the Central European country on a range of issues, including ways to help resolve the five-year-old Syrian conflict.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied a Saudi daily’s report that an Iranian deputy minister has made a short trip to Yemen’s capital of Sana’a earlier this week.
