Amir-Abdollahian to attend third Syrian talks in Vienna

TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in the Austrian capital Vienna on Friday night local time to attend the international talks on Syria. The new round of Vienna talks on resolving the Syrian crisis will be held with Amir-Abdollahian representing Iran in the international meeting. According to the diplomatic sources in Vienna, three expert-level working meetings under the titles of 'Parties of Groups Opposing the Syrian Government', 'Terror' and 'Humanitarian Affairs' will be held behind the closed doors. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz addressed a press conference on Friday, saying that his country will also attend the Humanitarian Affairs Group. The first round of political talks on resolving the Syrian crisis was held in the presence of Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Following the meeting, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov briefed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the first round. The second round of talks hosted Iran’s side Zarif and the political analysts assessed Iran’s role during the second round as positive. In recent months, the Western officials have underlined the need for presence of Iran in the international meeting on resolving the Syrian crisis. The third round of talks on Syria will be held on Saturday at the venue of Imperial Hotel in Vienna.