Foreign Ministers of Iran, Iraq Held Meeting During Talks on Syria in Lausanne

© REUTERS / Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool(From L-R), Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, speak together around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016
(From L-R), Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, speak together around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Jaafari held talks on the sidelines of the multilateral meeting on the Syrian settlement in Lausanne.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the crisis in Syria, September 9, 2016. - Sputnik International
Lavrov, Kerry Holding Bilateral Meeting on Sidelines of Syria Talks in Lausanne
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Jaafari held talks on the sidelines of the multilateral meeting on the Syrian settlement in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

"Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is now in Lausanne (Switzerland) to attend the meeting [on Syria], met and held talks with Foreign Minister [of Iraq] Ibrahim Jaafari," the ministry's statement said.

Multilateral meeting on Syria crisis settlement started on Saturday in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US State Secretary John Kerry, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura, as well as foreign ministers of Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt participate in the meeting.

The ongoing conflict in Syria has lasted for about five years. Since its beginning it has claimed the lives of thousands of people and displaced millions more. The international community has undertaken steps to end the Syrian conflict and to solve the humanitarian crisis in the country.

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