Iran will hold talks with Syrian opposition groups: Iranian FM

TEHRAN,Nov.29(MNA) -- Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tehran plans to host another meeting between Syrian opposition groups in Tehran in the coming weeks. “We will hold a meeting with some of the Syrian groups in the coming weeks, and time and place of the meeting will be announced soon,” Salehi told reporters on Wednesday. The first Syrian national dialogue meeting was held on November 18 in the Iranian capital Tehran in which about 200 Syrian citizens, including religious leaders, party chiefs, political figures, tribal leaders, and representatives of Syrian opposition groups, as well as representatives from Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, and a number of other countries attended. At the end of the two-day meeting it was agreed to establish a joint committee to promote national dialogue in Syria. On his plan to visit the Gaza Strip, the Iranian foreign minister said he had contacted Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil on the issue and also held talks with Qandil on his intention to visit Gaza on the sidelines of the Developing Eight (D8) conference in Islamabad last week. “We will visit (the Gaza Strip) as soon as we receive a positive response from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry,” Salehi added.