Russia regrets Iran’s absence in Syria meeting

TEHRAN,June 30(MNA) – In a statement issued on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry regretted that Iran had not been invited to ministerial crisis talks on Syria in Geneva on Saturday, according to Reuters. Regretting that Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon would not participate in the talks with foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, it said, “The Russian proposal on this has met unsurmountable objections from the U.S. side, especially on the part concerning Iran.” Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby will also attend.