“(Putin) is no longer of the opinion that Russian Federation will support Assad to the end.
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Fars explained to its readers that the report was an attempt to tarnish Secretary of State John Kerry’s reputation “as the Republicans and the Israeli lobbies have started massive propaganda to torpedo a recent nuclear deal struck between the six world powers and Iran”.
Elaborating on the measures at hand to resolve the ongoing deadly crisis in Syria, Bogdanov said, “We are making a political action to come to holding meetings with officials from the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to help the Syrians”.
Speaking about Moualem’s visit, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian suggested the chances of a diplomatic resolution of the war were growing.
“Our position on Syria has not changed, and we see it necessary to hold dialogue between the government and the opposition at the negotiating table to determine the future of Syria in a way that would maintain the interests of everybody”, he added.
His comment comes after Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that U.S. aircraft and drones are arriving in Turkish air bases and a comprehensive battle against Islamic State militants in both Syria and Iraq will be launched soon.
“Nowhere in the world needs this mechanism more than…the Middle East”, he said.
Iran and the United States have already denied that they were cooperating against the Jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
In July, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the visiting Iraqi premier that the Islamic Republic will continue supporting Iraq in its fight against terrorism, noting that the country’s security is intertwined with that of Iran.
Speaking separately in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian Federation was not considering sending its air forces to support that campaign.
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