Iran, France To Help Resolve Syrian Crisis: Velayati

Tehran, Jan 25, IRNA - Director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council said here on Saturday that Iran and France have started a new phase of cooperation to help settle crisis in Syria and safeguard the Syrian peopleˈs rights. Ali-Akbar Velayati made the remarks in a joint press conference attended by visiting ex-French foreign minsiter Hervé De Charette. Velayati, who is also the Supreme Leaderˈs senior advisor, stressed that De Charette is scheduled to hold talks with Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Sunday on the Syrian crisis./end