Iranian foreign minister to arrive in Vienna on Oct 30 for meeting on Syria
DUBAI. Oct 28 (Interfax) - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will join the negotiations on Syria in Vienna on Friday, the Iranian news agency ISNA said on Wednesday.
"We have considered the invitation and have decided that the foreign minister will participate in this meeting," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Marzieh Afkham said in a program aired by the Iranian state television.
According to ISNA, Zarif will be accompanied by Deputy Foreign Ministers Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht Ravanchi.
A source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Interfax earlier that a meeting between the foreign policy chiefs of Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey would be held in Vienna on Thursday and "the range of negotiators on Syria may be expanded" on Friday.