Iran, Syria Foreign Ministers to Visit Moscow This Week

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MOSCOW, January 13 (RIA Novosti) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria will visit Moscow later this week ahead of upcoming peace talks about the Syrian conflict in Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

“Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will visit Moscow on January 16 and January 17, respectively, to meet with [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergei Lavrov,” the ministry said in a statement without providing further details.

The visits come as Russia pushes for Iran to be allowed to participate in the so-called Geneva-2 conference, due to begin in the Swiss town of Montreaux on January 22.

The talks in Switzerland are so far to be attended by Russia, the United States, China, France, the UK and about 30 other countries in addition to representatives from the UN, the Arab League, the EU and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

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1. Great - I expect Lavrov and Kerry are engineering events as needed

and are more in sync than many realize - especially in the media.