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Iranian Foreign Minister to Participate in Syria Conference in Vienna

Published: October 28, 2015; 14:30 · (Vindobona)

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend the conference on Syria in Vienna on Friday. This has been confirmed today by the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, according to the official news agency ISNA. Iran will meet in Vienna not only to Russia and the USA, but also to its nemesis Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif participates in Syria conference in Vienna / Picture: © Wikipedia / Gugganij

While the government in Tehran supports the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Riad supplies various rebel groups with weapons.

Besides the two regional powers, representatives of Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are supposed to attend the conference, it was said earlier from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Meanwhile the USA prepares a change of course in Syria.

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