During his visit to Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met separately with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other authorities.
Araghchi arrived in Syria on Saturday to meet top officials of the Arab country, after a visit to Lebanon.
The top Iranian diplomat engaged in discussions with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, reviewing a range of regional and international topics.
Additionally, Araghchi met separately with Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to address various regional and international issues.
The Iranian foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart Bassam al-Sabbagh also discussed regional and international developments.
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The Iranian foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart Bassam al-Sabbagh also discussed regional and international developments.
“He will meet with Syrian high-level officials and consult about bilateral relations and regional developments,” he added.
On Friday, Araghchi made an unannounced visit to the Lebanese capital Beirut, where he reiterated the Islamic Republic’s solidarity with the brave Lebanese nation in the face of the Israeli regime’s offensives.
According to a report, the Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi renewed his call for ceasefires in both Gaza and Lebanon on Saturday as he held talks with his country’s Syrian ally.
“There are initiatives in this regard, there have been consultations that we hope will be successful.”
Araghchi’s visit to Damascus, his first since he took office in August, comes almost a year after Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel, triggering war in Gaza.
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The conflict has also drawn in Iran’s Lebanese ally, Hezbollah and on September 23 Israel sharply intensified its campaign against Hezbollah.
“The purpose of my trip to Damascus is to continue consultations regarding the developments in the region,” Araghchi said.
His meetings in the Syrian capital follow a visit to Beirut Friday during which he voiced support for a truce in Lebanon acceptable to Hezbollah “simultaneously with a ceasefire in Gaza”.
Araghchi travelled to Damascus by air after Lebanon said an Israeli air strike on Friday severed the main international highway linking the two countries.
Israel said its strike was aimed at preventing the flow of weapons to Hezbollah from neighbouring Syria.
Iran has been a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad throughout the civil war that erupted in 2011 following the suppression of anti-government protests.
